Surabaya \u2014 On the third day of Ramadhan 1447 H, I taught the\nIntegrated Twin Towers course in the Master of Data Science programme at\nthe Faculty of Science and Technology at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya\n(UINSA). The topic happened to be the Concept of Knowledge Integration\nand Philosophical Review.<\/p>\n
Several state Islamic higher education institutions (PTKIN),\nparticularly UINs, need to develop concepts for advancing and\ntransforming knowledge so that it remains connected to Islamic values.\nFor this reason, UINSA considers it important for the Knowledge\nIntegration course to be taught.<\/p>\n
The primary objective is to attempt to liberate itself from the\nconstraints of the false dichotomy between general knowledge and Islamic\nstudies. Historically, when the republic was established at the dawn of\nindependence, the government\u2019s attention to establishing the Ministry of\nReligious Affairs (formerly the Department of Religious Affairs) was to\noversee and safeguard the religious life of our society, given that\nIndonesia is a religiously plural nation based on the first principle of\nPancasila.<\/p>\n
This authority encompassed maintaining harmony among religious\ncommunities and promoting the pace of religious education. Therefore,\nthe existence of religious education, such as madrasahs at primary and\nsecondary levels through Islamic higher education, is part of the\ndevelopment ecosystem in the field of religion and religious\naffairs.<\/p>\n
Thus, in the context of Islamic higher education, what was taught at\nthat time still revolved around Islamic sciences with various\ndepartments and faculties, such as education, Islamic law, Islamic\npropagation, Islamic theology, and humanities. The nomenclature of state\nIslamic higher education institutions at that time was still the\nInstitute of Islamic Religion (IAIN) or State Islamic Higher School\n(STAIN). In short, the knowledge taught was still within a single family\nof disciplines.<\/p>\n
As time progressed, the demand that Islamic higher education\ninstitutions not only needed to study Islamic sciences gained momentum.\nIn various places and other countries, the expansion of knowledge\ninquiry could no longer be denied, and consequently they adopted the\nname university (which teaches or examines many disciplines).<\/p>\n
In short, in the context of PTKIN in this country, the transformation\nfrom institute to university first occurred in 2002. UIN Sharif\nHidayatullah Jakarta initiated the transformation from IAIN, followed by\nUIN Yogyakarta, UIN Malang, UIN Bandung, then UIN Surabaya.<\/p>\n
In terms of this institutional transformation, what needs to be\naddressed is not only the matter of bureaucratic systems and\ninstitutional nomenclature, but also the question of values as the\nfoundation for UINs to deliver multidisciplinary education: between\nreligious sciences (Islamic sciences) and secular sciences, whilst\nsimultaneously eliminating the dichotomy between the two.<\/p>\n
Like it or not, historical fact demonstrates that the dichotomy\nbetween knowledge and religion existed, or perhaps still exists.\nHistorically, this polarisation of knowledge began during the era of\nancient civilisation and the emergence of rationality in the\npre-classical period (age of ancient Greece), the period of Plato,\nSocrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras and others who used the logic of common\nsense.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/liberating-knowledge-from-the-false-dichotomy-between-religious-and-secular-science-1772280035", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }