RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM ,PROSPECTS AND PERILS
RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM
I. Introduction
A. Islam started from word IQRA
B. Islam encourages intellectual growth
C. Islam encourages research
D. Words "tafkir" and Yatafakkaroon " in Quran
E. Islam modernizes muslims through "Ijtihad"
F. Islam gives high rank to scholars over worshippers
II. Contents of Islam
A. Quran
B. Hadith
C. Ijtihad
III. Phase of Islamic renaissance
Pre-Islamic
Arabia
Early Life

The Revelation

Years Of Mecca

The Hijra

Yathrib (Madina) Est Of the Islamic State

The Battles

Al – Hadaybiyyah

The Opening Of Mecca

The Farewell Hajj

Years In Madina
The Last Days
The Rightly Guided Caliphs
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Uthman ibn ‘Affan

Ali ibn Abi Talib
B. Companions

The Great Imams

The Umayyads

Islam In Spain

The Abbasids

The Golden Age
The Fatimids

The Ayyubid Dynasty

The Seljuk
Turks

The Crusaders

The Mongols
And The Mamluks

The Legacy
The Ottomans

The Coming Of The West

Revival In The Arab East

Present Day

IV. Prospects
A. Golden age of islam
B. Muslims are father of renaissance of West
C. Muslim renaissance is much better than western
D. House of wisdom in Baghdad
E. Transltion of old work in modern languages
F. Role of muslims in the fields of scince,technology and education
Arts,
Mathematics
Engineering,
Scholars,
Poetry,
Philosophy,
Geography
Traders in the
Islam
Agriculture
Economics,
Industry,
Law,
Literature,
Navigation
Social sciences,
sociology,
Technology
Medicine
G.inventions
H. Innovations
J. Work in the field of social life
Balance and compassion
Adl o ehsan
Human rights
Law and order
K.zakat system
L. Entitlement of woman and minority
M. Army/ defence sytem
N. Ethics
P. Institutions
Q. Urbanization
V. Perils
1. Muslim population comprising 2/3rd of world's total population.

2. Despite enormous potential — Muslim world lags behind in all spheres of life.

Economic Causes

1. Lack of economic cooperation.

2. Diversified economic interests.

3. Lack of economic cohesion and unity.

Political Causes
Absence of democracy — Monarchical forms of governments (Saudi Arabia, UAE)

Technological and Educational backwardness

1. Lowest literacy rate.

2. Lack of scientific research and education.

3. Inability to cope up with the changing global trends.

Cultural Causes
1. Islam versus the West.

2. Islam perceived as a threat to modernism.

Terrorism: (among the Muslim Countries)

1. The wave of terrorism — damaging the fabric of Muslim countries.

2. Muslims perceived as terrorists.

OIC: A dead organisation
1. Inefficiency of organisation in the last three decades.

2. Annual meetings without practical resolutions.

Current situation and implications of the above mentioned factors

Muslim Ummah — caught up in a vicious cycle of terrorism, economic and political turmoil.

Muslim Ummah targeted by the West in the name of Islam.

Inability to resolve the core issues of Muslim world, like:
1. Kosovo — Kashmir — Chechnya — Iraq — Afghanistan

2. Economic backwardness.

3. Poverty, over population, high crime rate.

4. Low GDP and HDI in Muslim world.

5. Meagre contribution in world trade.

6. Least developed infrastructure (Sudan, Somalia etc.)
7. Educational backwardness.

VI.Suggestions

Economic cooperation:
(Joint venture of Muslim world)

1. Open the barriers of trade.

2. Enhance exports and imports.

3. Make use of oil reserves to the benefit of whole Muslim Ummah.
4. Easy visa policies — Human movement.

Muslim World — to raise voices on international forums for conflict resolution

1. Kashmir; Pakistani dispute to be taken on the UN forums.

2. Efforts for getting permanent seats in the UN Security Council.

3. Muslims countries should get united to stop West's war against Islam.

Muslim integration — Need of the hour
1. Muslim integration — only solution of Muslim problems.

2. Muslim Monetary Funder Bank to be established.

3. Fund collection for the poor Mu-slim countries (Sudan, Somalia).

4. Muslim rehabilitation fund should be established to cope with Natural Disasters (Earthquake, floods,
draughts etc)

OIC — to be made a vibrant Organisation
1. Changes in the structure of the organisation.

2. The pattern of “European Union” to be followed and “Muslim Union” to be formed.

3. Bi-annual meetings should be held with persistent political will.

4. Guidance and Economic assistance of Saudi Arabia should be sought out to address all the issues of
Muslim Ummah.
VII. Conclusion