The Essence of
Islamic Education
By Abdal Hakim Murad

As Muslims today seek to build communities on a traditional ethic of learning, we are forced to seriously consider the modern challenge of schooling and education. Should Muslims reach back in history for an educational model that worked then or should they attempt to create a synthesis between the traditional and modern methods of learning? This lecture takes the audience on a tour through the process of education, examining the underpinnings of modernity and by extension the Western social structure. Dr. Murad discusses the concepts of wilayah (sainthood), nafs (worldly soul), the types of knowledge, and aspects of a curriculum taught in traditional madrassahs, as well as the role of the female scholar in the classical Islamic system.

(DVD, CD and iPhone App Coming Soon, insha' Allah)