Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati (2021) Confusion over 'aql and logical thinking among young muslims in Malaysia. In: Scholarship Advancement Project: Emergence and Issues in Islamic Philosophy, 05 August 2021, Virtual. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Popular phrase many people take for granted without thinking when someone said or did something wrong is “he/she succumbed to logical mind”. This paradoxical statement has become a big wall that people would go to hide to escape from giving defensible justifications for claims made especially claims on religious beliefs and the unseen existences. This pose a huge problem for those who use logical thinking to examine the truth value of any proposition as if logical thinking would result in wrong judgment on truth and ethical proposition. What is more, some hold the belief that the Qur’an shuns logic and thus Muslims are prohibited to apply logical thinking to determine truth from falsehood. This study explored young Muslims’ understanding of the concept of logic to get some insight on this phenomenon so that informed decision and planning could be made to arrest this confusion. Moreover, assessment on young Muslims’ understanding is very important to ensure their understanding is in line with Quranic teachings. Qualitative analysis was used to analyze data collected from 10 participants using semi-structured interviews. Since face to face interaction was not possible because of the current pandemic, interviews were done using Zoom, Google Meet and WhatsApp. The emergent themes that could be extracted from the participants’ responses were confusion on the understanding of ‘aql and the relationship between spiritual brain and heart; logical mind as means to solve problems of non-religious issues; and negative consequences of logical thinking among others is could lead to unbelief. However, a minority of the respondents viewed logical thinking as necessary to understand revelation. This study also found that the young Muslims were weak in logical thinking.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ‘Aql, logic, logical thinking, logic in Quran, logical consequences |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic BPL Islamic education L Education > L Education (General) |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of General Studies |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Wan Mazwati Wan Yusoff |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2021 15:05 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2021 15:05 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/91527 |
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