The Process of Islamization
Part 1 The Process of Islamization
Part 2 Determinist Theory of History
Part 3 Islamic Theory of Social Change
Part 4 - Bounties are God's Grace
Part 5 Application of the Theory
Part 6 Fundamental Importance of Islamic
State
Part 7 - Two Extremes
Part 8 Similarities and Differences
Part 9 Larger Issues
From the Foreword by by Mahmoud Rashdan:
"The Islamization Process - Its Challenges and Promises" was the theme of the
M.S.A.'s 13th Annual Convention, held at the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio at the end
of August 1975.
This booklet is a revised version of Professor Idris' presentation at the convention.
It is being published in book from owing to its scholarly merit and in response to
requests from the M.S.A. membership.
...Dr. Idris' presentation on the "Process of Islamization" has the credit of
being vivid and systematic. The reader will find the writer clear and direct in his
treatment of this important topic. He does not leave the reader to speculate on
where he stands on controversial positions but rather states his position clearly and yet
without any pretension of "I know better" and without the "protection"
of confusing the professional jargon which so frequently plagues "westernized"
Muslim scholars. To his credit also, Dr. Idris refers to the Qur'an directly to
derive the Islamic theory of social change. He raises questiosn and does not
hesitate to give his answers. He suggests that the social law of change is contained
in the verse:
"Surely God does not change the state in which a people are until they
change that which is in themselves." [ar-Ra`d, 11]...
Proceed to Part 1: The Process of
Islamization
