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Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, a Malaysian Muslim Philosopher and the pioneer of the idea of the Islamization of Knowledge in , is also critical of the..
Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas.
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Malaysian philosopher
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ali al-Attas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Syed Muhammad al Naquib.
The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas (Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاسSayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher.
He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studied theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature.[citation needed] He pioneered the concept of Islamisation of knowledge.
Al-Attas' philosophy and methodology of education have one goal: Islamisation of the mind, body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life of Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual and physical non-human environment.
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