The role of Pakistani universities in developing Islamic personality
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Date
2013
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the role of university education in Pakistanat imparting Islamic values
and molding an individual's thought according to Islamic ideology. Universities are the centers of
higher education that greatly influence young impressionable minds. However, individual
personalities that are emerging from the universities of Pakistanare in state of cognitive
dissonance. They lack balanced, integrated and holistic attitude which Islamic educational process
focused at in the past. In this context, functional aspects of four elements of Pakistani universities
have been analyzed. These elements include curriculum, teachers, co-curricular activities and
environment. Survey and analysis revealed the dominance of western thought and culture in the
higher educational institutes as an important debilitating factor in the formation of Islamic
personality. To improve this process reformatory measures have been suggested based on the work
of eminent Muslim scholars. These reformatory measures emphasize de-westernization and
reconstruction as pivotal measures, so that the primary educational purpose of Islamic personality
formation can be served efficiently.
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Supervised By: Dr. Mohammad Amin
Keywords
MPhill Thesis, University education in Pakistan, Imparting Islamic values, Molding an individual's thought, Islamic ideology