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ISLAM AND ENGINEERING. ASSIGNMENT ONE INTRODUCTION This assignment is part of the evaluation for the course Islam and Engineering conducted by DAAD Visiting Professor, Prof. PhD. Che Husna Azhari for the winter term 2016‐2017. There are two written assignments and one presentation to be given individually. The assignments comprise of brief reports (see Format of Report) on the topics from a selection. (SELECTION A). The students may use the notes given in the power point lectures or any sources they see fit. SCHEDULE Selection A distributed :13th Dec 2016 Report to be handed in (can be emailed to [email protected]) on the 17th of Jan 2017. FORMAT OF REPORT Reports should be written in English and should preferably be about 3‐4 A4 pages long including graphs and photographs (if any) The text should comprise 2500‐3000 words. There should be a Title followed by the student’s name and student number. The report should contain i. Introduction ii. Main body (addressing issues ) iii. Summary iv. References. SELECTION A (CHOOSE ONE) 1. Islamic central thesis is based on tawhid (the act of affirming Allah to be the One, the absolute transcendent Creator, Lord and Master of everything there is ) as a world view . i.
How is this affirmed upon the acceptance of the faith, according to the Muslims ii.
What is the difference, in your view is this affirmation of faith to other revealed religions, or religions with scriptures. iii.
Muslims believed that creations, including Man have been created for a purpose? What is the purpose, in relation to the relation of the Creator and the Created? iv.
Islam sees Man’s role on earth as the khalifah (the vicegerent of God) in order to fulfill his task of enjoining good and forbidding evil. How far do you think this is possible in modern day context? 2. The Islamic tenets of faith necessitates belief in the Unseen (ghayb), such as belief in God, the malaikah (angels) the Last Day and the concept of qadr. (If belief in the Books and Messengers are considered in the visible world) i.
Why do you think in Islam there is a pillar of faith on belief in the Last Day? ii.
Is the belief in the Last Day essentially a belief of hope, or perfect justice or a fatalistic one? Discuss. iii.
In your opinion why is the belief in the unseen (not perceived through the five senses only) finds difficulty amongst non‐faith scientists. 3. The Muslim family, which is an extended family, is considered to be part of a large community. Islam assigns responsibility of bringing up children to the parents. i.
Discuss some aspects of this responsibility that you can observe amongst traditional societies as well. ii.
Some aspects of responsibility such acculturation and socialization into the ummah may pose challenges in the modern day context. Discuss whether you agree with this statement or not. iii.
What are the responsibilities of children to parents according to Islamic teaching? 4. Tawhid as a principle of Islamic metaphysics, returns all causality only to God . i. How does the Muslim scientist view science and causality? ii. Explain when science is used as an inductive and deductive method to know the world and when it is used as a philosophy iii. Explain how, according to Islam that causality (principle of cause and effect) is a tool used by the scientist‐observer, to make experimentations on the world, but not necessarily the only method. What does the Muslim scientist believes the factors that must be present in the scientific method to have a complete understanding of the universe or everything there is. 5. The institution of Islam charged with the responsibility of state or government is called al khilafah or al imamah. It has internal and external functions. The internal function is the enforcement of the shariah, whilst the external is to establish peace and justice in the world. i.
According to Islamic belief, who are the citizens of the Islamic state, and what are their rights? ii.
To whom does sovereignty belongs in an Islamic state? Does it contradict the principles of democracy? iii.
In Islam, people must participate in the choice of a leader, by giving bai’ah (allegiance) at least once in their lives. This has meant the implementation of free and fair elections in many Muslim countries, which some people means that democracy in these countries mean the process rather than the principle. Discuss. CHE HUSNA AZHARI December 2016.