Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman

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Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman ( Arabic عبد الحميد أبو سليمان, DMG ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Abū Sulaimān ; born in Mecca , Saudi Arabia in 1936 ) is a Saudi political scientist and Islamic scholar. His focus is on the so-called " Islamization of knowledge " ( Arabic إسلامية المعرفة/ islāmīyat al-maʿrifa ), which he operates in particular from the USA . This is also the title of his main work.

Life

Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman obtained his BA degree in Commerce from the University of Cairo in Egypt in 1959 , his MA in Political Science from the University of Cairo in 1963 , and his Ph.D. in 1973. in "International Relations" from the University of Pennsylvania (USA). 1963–1964 he was secretary in the State Planning Committee of Saudi Arabia. He was a founding member of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists ( AMSS ; Association of Muslim Social Scientists ) founded in 1972 and its former president (1985-1987). He was General Secretary of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY, World Assembly of Muslim Youth) from 1973–1979. At the King Saud University in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) he taught political science from 1982 to 1984 and was chairman of the Faculty of Political Science from 1982 to 1983. From 1988 to 1998 he was rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in Petaling Jaya near Kuala Lumpur . The local Kuliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences , today the largest faculty ( kullīya ) at the IIUM, founded a new center named after him on September 27, 2016, the AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman Center for Collaborative Research in "recognition of his vision and his commitment to the improvement and exaltation of the Muslim ummah ". He is co-founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in Herndon, Virginia (USA) and has authored numerous articles and books, in particular on the so-called Islamization of knowledge and the reform of Muslim society. He is the father of the Saudi women's rights activist Mona Abu Suleyman .

Act

The International Institute of Islamic Thought ("International Institute for Islamic Thought"; abbr. IIIT) in Herndon , Virginia , USA , which he co-founded in 1981 , received seed capital from the Muslim Brotherhood . Today it is financed by donors from the Gulf States and is considered one of the new players in global Islam (Leif Stenberg) and Islamist . Abu Sulayman's doctoral thesis was later published as a book by the IIIT under number 1 in its Islamization of Knowledge Series : Towards an Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought .

In his book Islamization of Knowledge , he describes the current state of the Islamic umma as backward and spiritually empty. He sees the Islamic world politically, economically and culturally as a humiliated victim of the effects of European colonialism .

Publications (selection)

The majority of his publications are listed on the website of the US IIIT.

See also

literature

  • Kyle Shideler & David Daoud: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT): The Muslim Brotherhood's Think Tank . Center for Security Policy. Occasional Paper Series. July 28, 2014 ( online )
  • Johannes Grundmann: Islamism, education and society in Jordan using the example of private higher education . Dissertation 2010 ( brs.ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de )
  • Edipoglu, Kerim: Islamization of Sociology or Sociologization of Islam? Approaches to indigenization in Malaysia, Iran and the Arab world. Diss. 2005 - Online at uni-tuebingen.de
  • Leif Stenberg: The Islamization of Science: Four Muslim Positions Developing an Islamic Modernity . 1996 (Lund Studies in History of Religions)
  • Samina Yasmeen and Samina Yasmeen: Muslims in Australia: The Dynamics of Exclusion & Inclusion. 2010 ( partial online view )
  • Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States , Jocelyne Cesari (Ed.), Greenwood Press, 2007 ( partial online view )
  • Islamization: Reforming Contemporary Knowledge . 1994 ( partial online view )
  • Hisham Altalib and AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman: Parent-Child Relations: A Guide to Raising Children . 2013 ( partial online view )
  • Imad al Din Khalil: The Islamization of Science: Some Methodological Considerations. Cologne 2003 (Society of Muslim Social Scientists and Humanities Scientists)

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ to iium.edu.my ( memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 15, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iium.edu.my
  2. ↑ iiit.org ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ("as an appreciation for his vision and commitment for the betterment and upliftment of the Muslims Ummah") @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iiit.org
  3. ↑ Johannes Grundmann, p. 56, note 280: "Many of the financiers are members of the Muslim Brotherhood or are at least close to it."
  4. ↑ Johannes Grundmann, p. 56: "In this context, it seems sensible to point out that the International Institute of Islamic Thought is primarily financed by donors from the Gulf States."
  5. ↑ cf. h-net.org/reviews (based on Leif Stenberg)
  6. ↑ Grundmann refers to the publications of books by Islamist authors such as Raschid al-Ghannuschi and Yusuf al-Qaradawi by the institute.
  7. ↑ cf. General Principles and Work Plan
  8. ↑ Partial online view - Google.com
  9. ↑ engl. ( Memento of April 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), arab. & other languages ( Memento of April 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Sulayman, Abdul Hamid Abu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abdul Hamid A. Abu Sulayman; Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman; Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman; ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Abū Sulaimān; ʻAbdulḤamīd AbūSulaymān; ʻAbdulḤamīd Abū Sulaymān; ʻAbdulḤamīd Abū Sulaymān; Abdul Hamid A. Abu Sulayman; 'Abd al-Hamid Abu Sulayman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saudi political scientist and scholar of Islam in the USA; President of the IIIT in Herndon, Virginia
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Mecca , Saudi Arabia