International Institute of Islamic Thought

The International Institute of Islamic Thought ( IIIT ; "International Institute for Islamic Thought" or "International Institute for Islamic Thought") is a US non-profit organization founded in 1981 with headquarters in Herndon , Virginia in the United States , a suburb from Washington, DC It sees itself as a think tank for the Muslim Brotherhood .

History and purpose

The institute serves to promote the 'Islamization of Knowledge' ( Islamization of knowledge or science (s) ) - i.e. H. scientific thinking based on the ethics of Islam . It was founded by Ismail al-Faruqi (1921–1986) and Taha Jabir al-Alwani (1935–2016), who then continued the institution and popularized it together with Muhammad Naquib Syed al-Attas (born 1931). The institute, financed by donors from the Gulf States , was classified as one of the new players in global Islam (Leif Stenberg), close to Muslims and Islamist .

The first members of its Board of Trustees ( Board of Trustees ) were Ismail Raji al-Faruqi , Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman , Taha Jabir Al-Alwani , Jamal Barzinji and Anwar Ibrahim , all of her background in Islamic organizations Muslim Students' Association (MSA) Association of Muslim Social Scientist (AMSS), the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), or a combination of the three. Even Ahmad Totonji supposedly assist in the establishment.

Taha Jabir al-Alwani, the long-time president of the institute and member of its Board of Trustees , is considered the father or 'pioneer' of the doctrine of Fiqh al-aqallīyāt ( Islamic minority law / jurisprudence of Islamic minorities ), a doctrine according to Palina Kedem which, as an Islamic minority law, regulate the everyday life of Muslims in non-Muslim countries and should make the Islamic worldview compatible with life there . This doctrine draws its sources from Salafism and aims as a first step towards the unification and integration of the Muslim minorities.

According to the conclusion of the study by Kyle Shideler & David Daoud (Center for Security Policy, 2014), the IIIT was given the leeway

"To exploit the academic and intellectual freedom that American society provides, meanwhile they are actively aiming to undermine and topple the foundations of that society from the inside. (Eng. to exploit the academic and intellectual freedom offered by American society while actively trying to undermine and overthrow the foundations of this society from within. ) "

One of the IIIT schools is The Fairfax Institute (TFI) .

IIIT Vice President Jamal Barzinji (1939–2015) and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Shenandoah University, Calvin Allen Jr., signed a memorandum to initiate and promote academic collaboration between the two institutions.

An Islamic institute comparable to the IIIT in its objectives is the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , founded in 1987 under Muhammad Naquib al-Attas .

Institutes

In the following, in addition to the main institute in the USA, the other institutes of the IIIT network and their (former) employees are specified:

United States (Headquarters)

• IIIT (Headquarters) in Herndon , Virginia , United States
  • Ismail al-Faruqi
  • Taha Jabir al-Alwani
  • Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman

Pakistan

• Islamabad
  • Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932-2016)

Egypt

• Cairo
  • Muhammad al-Ghazzali as-Saqqa
  • Khaled Abdelmoneim

Bangladesh

• Dhaka (BIIT House) (en)
  • M. Zohurul Islam

Jordan

• Amman
  • Fathi Malkawi , Amman

Nigeria

• Kano
  • Bashir Galadanci , Kano (at Bayero University )

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo
  • Ahmet Alibasic

Belgium

• Brussels
  • Beddy Ould Ebnou

France (former)

• Paris
  • Mohamed Mestiri , director

United Kingdom

• London
  • Anas Al Shaikh-Ali , director

India

• New Delhi
  • Manzoor Alam

Indonesia

• Jakarta
  • Dawam Rohadjo

Lebanon

• Beirut
  • (without personal details)

Morocco

• Tetouan
  • Samadi Khalid

Saudi Arabia

• Riad
  • Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman

Leaders

• Ismail al-Faruqi (1921-1986), USA
• Taha Jabir al-Alwani (1935-2016), USA
• Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman (born 1936), USA
• Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali , London
• Mohamed Mestiri (born 1964), Paris
• Muhammad al-Ghazzali as-Saqqa , Cairo

Publications (selection)

• List of Publications (list of publications sorted alphabetically by title)

Series and magazines

• Islamization of knowledge series / Islāmīyat al-maʿrifah "Islamization of knowledge"
• American Journal of Islamic and Social Sciences (AJISS), since August 1984 (English)
• Occasional papers

Publications

• Bringing Islam to Knowledge: General Principles and Work Plan. International Institute for Islamic Thought and Muslim Students Association eV, Herndon 1988, ISBN 3-89263-999-X ( Islamization of knowledge , German)
• Taha Jabir al-Alwani, Imad al Din Khalil: The Koran and the Sunnah. The time-space factor . Translated by Fatima Grimm and Maryam Reissmann. International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Virginia 1994, ISBN 1-56564-053-5 and Muslim Student Union in Germany, Marburg 1994, ISBN 3-932399-11-0 .
• Taha Jabir al-Alwani: Towards a Fiqh for Muslim Minorities . The International Institute of Islamic Thought, London / Washington 2003.
• Taha Jabir al-Alwani: Outlines of a Cultural Strategy (= International Institute of Islamic Thought. Occasional Papers. 1). Herndon, VA, USA 1989, ISBN 0-912463-58-9 .
• Taha Jabir al-Alwani: Missing Dimensions in Contemporary Islamic Movements. (= Occasional Papers. Volume 9). Translated from Arabic by IIIT Department of Translation. International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon / London 1996.
• Jasser Auda : Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: a beginner's guide. International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2008.
• Akbar S. Ahmed : Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma, and Directions ( Islamization of Knowledge Series 2). International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, VA, 1988. Digitized
• ʿAbdulḤamīd AbūSulaymān: Islamization of knowledge: general principles and work plan. 2., corr. And exp. Edition. International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Va., USA 1989. Digitized
• Hisham Altalib : Training Guide for Islamic Workers. International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1991.

literature

• Johannes Grundmann: Islamism, education and society in Jordan using the example of private higher education . Dissertation . 2010. ( brs.ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de )
• Muslih: The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) - USA: A Project of Islamic Revivalism . Doctoral Thesis for Leiden University, October 2006. ( openaccess.leidenuniv.nl )
• Mona Abaza: Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt: Shifting Worlds . 2002. ( partial online view )
• 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)
• Kerim Edipoglu: Islamization of Sociology or Sociologization of Islam ?: Indigenization approaches in Malaysia, Iran and the Arab world . Dissertation. 2006. deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (PDF)
• Peter Heine : Islam in the 21st Century . Berlin. thueringen.de
• Leif Stenberg: The Islamization of science. Four Muslim positions developing an Islamic modernity. (= Lund Studies in History of Religions. 6). Lund 1996.
• Imtiyaz Yusuf (Ed.): Islam and Knowledge: Al Faruqi 's Concept of Religion in Islamic Thought . London 2012. (“Publisher: IB Tauris in association with the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (ACMCU) ( table of contents )”)

Web links

• Official website
• TJ Al-Alwani Library at the International Institute of Islamic Thought
• iiituk.com - Program of a conference on Ismail al-Faruqi on the Institute's website in the UK
• First International Institute of Islamic Thought European Summer School successfully completed
• The Islamization of science or the marginalization of Islam : The positions of Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Ziauddin Sardar ( Leif Stenberg , University of Lund )
• To the 'IIIT' network (sciencepub.net)

See also

• International Institute of Islamic Science and Technology (IIIST)
• Youssef Nada
• Zarqa Private University (ZPU), in Zarqa near Amman
• Ishaq Farhan
• Islamic Studies and Research Association
• First World Conference on Muslim Education 1977 in Mecca

References and footnotes

1. ↑ cf. Kyle Shideler & David Daoud ("The Muslim Brotherhood's Think Tank")
2. ↑ On the Islamization of knowledge , cf. Johannes Grundmann, p. 51 ff.
3. ↑ Born in Jaffa , Palestine ; murdered in Wyncote , Pennsylvania , USA .
4. ↑ "Dr. al 'Alwani participated in the founding of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in the USA in 1981, and is now the Institute's President and a member of its Board of Trustees." ( Yvonne Y. Haddad , Farid Senzai, Jane I. Smith: Educating the Muslims of America . 2009, p. 148 ( partial online view )).
5. ^ Dietrich Reetz: Islam in Europe: Religious life today . 2010 ( partial online view ), p. 200.
6. ↑ 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."
7. ↑ cf. h-net.org/reviews (based on Leif Stenberg)
8. ↑ Johannes Grundmann, p. 56, note 280: "Many of the financiers are members of the Muslim Brotherhood or are at least close to it."
9. ↑ Grundmann refers to the publications of books by Islamist authors such as Raschid al-Ghannuschi and Yusuf al-Qaradawi by the institute.
10. ↑ On possible activities in Germany, cf. Stefan Meining : A mosque in Germany . Munich 2011 ( partial online view )
11. ↑ The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS; Association of Muslim Social Scientists ) was founded in 1972. Its chairman is Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali .
12. ↑ Kyle Shideler & David Daoud, p. 4 (after Muslih)
13. ↑ Kyle Shideler & David Daoud, p. 4 (after Merly, “The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States,” Hudson Institute Research Monographs on the Muslim World Series No 2, Paper No 3, April, 2009 pg. 9)
14. ↑ cf. Said Fares Hassan: Fiqh al-aqalliyyāt: history, development, and progress. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY 2013, p. 98 ( partial online view ).
15. ↑ The attitude in Islam and Judaism to the status of the Muslim minority in Israel (Palina Kedem) - kas.de
16. ^ Kyle Shideler & David Daoud, p. 11.
17. ↑ About TFI
18. ↑ IIIT Enters into Agreement with Shenandoah University ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 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 November 4, 2017 
19. ↑ cf. iiit.org: Offices and Affiliates ( Memento of the original dated June 7, 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. (excluding Pakistan) 
20. ↑ arabic.iiit.org (with Pakistan) - accessed on 27 May 2017th
21. ↑ arabic.iiit.org - accessed on 27 May 2017th
22. ↑ cf. icrjournal.org : Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932–2016)
23. ↑ cf. Center for Epistemological Studies ( Council of Scholars ) - epistemeg.com
24. ↑ Staff: Majed Abu-Ghazaleh, Fathi Malkawi, Mohammad Abu Qutaish (Edipoglu, Kerim: Diss. 2006 - deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de )
25. ↑ The Institute for Epistemological Studies Europe (IESE) in Brussels published in 2017, for example, the French translation of IIIT-book Parent-Child Relations of Hisham Altalib , Abdul Hamid AbuSulayman and Omar Altalib ( iiit.org - accessed November 2, 2019).
26. ↑ See list of signatories of the Amman Message (message from Amman) - chrishewer.org ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
27. ↑ IIIT (UK) - Organizer of the IIIT European Summer School 2017 ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ↑ For other publications of the institute, see Johannes Grundmann, p. 69.
29. ↑ SUB GÖ "partly: Islamabad"
30. ↑ The institute has developed a lively publication activity; see also the note on the number of publications in Grundmann and Abaza.
31. ↑ Quotation (Peter Heine): "The" Islamization of Knowledge "- movement is based on a network of institutes called International Instituts for Islamic Teaching (IIIT)." - Note: This is certainly the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) meant.
32. ↑ Islam and Knowledge: Al Faruqi's Concept of Religion in Islamic Thought ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (IIIT website - accessed May 18, 2017) 

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