Secular vs Islam

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SECULAR VS ISLAM

Which is the best way oflife ?



What do you understand aboutsecular

Latin

words:saeculu

m

“Of this thing”• Temporal and related

to worldly things

Lexiconwebsterdictionary

System ofbeliefs whichreject allforms or

religious faith

Encyclopaediamerica

!rinciple of naturalmorality thatindependent ofre"ealed religion

!ostulatefreedom ofthought

The right ofe"ery man tothin# forhimself

$hamber Twentieth%s&ictionary

Emphasi'e on worldlya(airs regardless of whathappen in the hereafter

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SECULARISMEmphasi'e of the replacement ofreligion with scienti1c and rational

thoughts• GA Al!ond and GA "owell

seculari'ation men becomeincreasingly rational2 analytical andempirical in their action

•

Arnold #oynbee replacement of religion withtechnology

• Wilbert GMoore

substitution solution of humansituations with rational ones3

• $ar%ey Co& Loosing of the world fromreligious understanding itself34rea#ing of all supernatural myths3

symbolie liberation of humanminds3

/e mention :• man may no longer

regard nature asdi"ine entity whichallow them to actfreely ' accordin(to their needsand )lans

• !ower of authority• )eligious "alue in

cultures andsystems arerelati%e and not*&ed

5hat Syed na6uib al attas7*slam and Secularism8mention about secularism9



So 2 here is the 6uestion3

&oes being secular is the

best way in our life 9 0es or .o 9



+, -*SL-*$ !E)S!E$T*E :

This is wrong because *slam has already 1xed its "alue system ormorality2 which will not change throughout ages3 i3e : dultery+orbidden ;<== years ago and will always be forbidden3

Secularism implies 2 that di"ine guidance 2 wor#ship of >od2 andobedience to /im should be con1ned to a personal life of man and allother a(airs in this world should be determined by his own wishes andcon"enience3

&issociates the in?uence of >od and religion in all aspects of human ofman%s life : education 2 politics and economy3

The acceptance of a system formulated by man means a preference ofthe human%s limited #nowledge and experience o"er &i"ine >uidance 3

+or muslim society 2 the acceptance of secularismmeans the rejection of *slam as a way of life and theabandonment of shari%ah3

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Social and cultural aspect

5ith the ideas of separating religion with worldly acti"ities 2 secularismgi"es a "ery bad impact on the morality of people and turns them to thestate of jahiliyah 7ignorance83

/omo@sexuali

ty

bortion

,S@ legali'ed

the practice ofhomosexualmarriage inthe name offreedom ofexpression and

choice3

+ocus on thehappiness thatcan be achie"ein the world3

"oidresponsibility&enies therole of familyinstitutionSol"ing solutions

scienti1cally andby technology

The act of abortionis strictlyprohibited in*slam• murder

• $ruel act thatdestroy feelings of



Education spect.serious and dan(erous since it directly res)onsible for the

intellectual /uality of hu!an bein(s 0

Anowledge is gain through certainmethods3

)ise of scienti1c positi"ism: *deology by uguste$omte

Scienti1c materialism : way personshape his life

Scientism@ most "aluable parts in human learning 2 onlyreliable and "alid way to ac6uire #nowledge3 ssume thatscienti1c #nowledge pro"ide accurate description of reality

and the truth3

Scienti1c method are worthy of replacing the theological andmetaphysical approaches3 Try to eliminate reality from humanconsciousness in declaration of 6uestions that cannot beanswered by sciences is illegimate3

4elie"er act only in which it is line with scienti1c conclusions3$onse6uently 2 man%s life will accordingly be guided by such

limited #nowledges as ac6uired by his intellectual faculties3



Statement : The objecti"e of see#ing #nowledge in seculareducation is simply to culti"ate certain abilities of men2 which

will enable them to de"elop their country as well as to

impro"e standard of li"ing3

world purpose only 2 de"oid any spiritual element3

s such2 one can achie"e success in his life and atthe same time 2 be an alcoholic 2 adulterer andatheist may commit any immoral act without

conse6uences3

-eanwhile 2 religious education gi"es emphasis onthe teaching of adab or "irtue because humanaction is countable on the &ay of judgement3



Education in *slamAnowledge should be gained and be used for better life in this

world as well as here after3• Secular only concentrate on ac6uired #nowledge and world alone3

• The result is that man is no longer concerned about who is he 2where he comes from 2 what is his purpose of existence 2 who ishis >od and so on3

• $onse6uently 2 produces doctors engineers architects who lac#of religious foundation3

c6uired#nowledgeincludes all

natural and social

sciences such asphysics 2

chemistry 2biology

astronomi andmore3

>od@gi"en#nowledge and

religious sciences2

about belief 2di"inity proper

conduct 3• Should be the

utmost priority• +oundation for

one%s thoughtsor world"iew3





!olitical aspects

Separation of religion and state 7B8

• !olitics ma#e decisions based on secular reasons3

• &ecei"e people with democratic slogans li#e “personal freedom”2“people go"erning people”2 “no religion in politic 2 no politic inreligion” 2 “ religion is for >od and state is for people”3

• Secularist "iew *slam as a religion to be practised in ritualworships only and deny it as code of life3

• rgued that prophet has not establish the formal system ofgo"ernment and no such de1nes in Curan or sunnah3

• $hallenge the source of authority

• !roblems occurs nowadays are "ary and secular are parallel withmoderni'ation 3 /ence 2 it support the modern elements in landrefoms 2 legal code and courts to adjudicate ci"il and commercial3



-oral aspects3

Secular system of morality :

)eligion should ha"e nocontrol o"er the code of

beha"iour3 There is no needto refer to any guidance inthe circle of social morality3

*n religious point of"iew 2 morality

system can ne"erbe formulated byman due to hislimitations and

wea#nesess2 li#eprejudice2 greed and

sel1sh desires3-an%s #nowledge

and experience arelimited3

The code of conduct which ispro"ided by >od through his&i"ine guidance will always beperfect as llah #nows andpro"ided the best way for hisman#ind3





"ery important uni"ersal concept in *slam is “,mmah” 7.ation83 ,mmahtranscends all limitations implied by the term Dnation% by encompassing all people

regardless of race2 color2 or sex3 llah emphasi'ed this great *slamic principle inthe "erse 7which means8

F-an#ind was GofH one religion Gbefore their de"iationH

then llah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings andwarners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judgebetween the people concerning that in which they di(ered3

nd none di(ered o"er it Gi3e3 ScriptureH except those who weregi"en it@after the clear proofs came to them@out of jealousanimosity among themsel"es3

nd llah guided those who belie"ed to the truth concerning thato"er which they had di(ered2 by /is permission3

nd llah guides whom /e wills to a straight path3F GCuran I:I ;JH



C,+CLUSI,+

• There is no other way or system that urges the acti"eworship of llah in its general and most comprehensi"esense other than *slam3

• +ox example2 *slam teaches that -uslims should fast

for a month e"ery year 7i3e3 )amadan8 in order toac6uire piety and self@discipline and to de"elopawareness of the needs and problems of others whoare star"ing or are in desperate need of food3

• Such an awareness of the needs of others is not

enough on its own3 Therefore2 Ka#aah 7obligatorycharity8 is prescribed to be distributed among thesegments of society that are in need of indi"idual and

communal assistance3

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