Islamization of Knowledge: Viewpoints of Ismail Raji Al Faruqi

The scientific movement of Islamization of Knowledge, which has been started since two centuries ago, has some serious supporters in some Islamic and Arabic nations. Ismail Raji Al Faruqi and his adherents are those of Muslim thinkers that have paid more attention to this subject and theorized for its actualization and did some practical steps. They have theoretically emphasized on some actions such as: rereading of Islamic scientific heritage, recognition the causes of contemporary Muslims declining, establishing of Islamic methodology which inspired by the Quran, producing of Islamic English literature and reforming of contemporary educational system of Islamic nations, and practically have taken actions in establishing of some Islamic institutes and universities. They, totally, have succeeded to introduce the literature of Islamization of Knowledge in the Muslim World. Their sectarian and maybe Salafism tendencies, however, and unreal methodological expectations of the Quran for taking their theories, have caused to some failures. In this paper, by reviewing of viewpoints of Al Faruqi and his adherents in Islamization of knowledge, it is tries to analysis the positive and negative aspects of their theoretical and practical achievements, in order to use their experiences in Islamization of Knowledge in the contemporary age.