{"id":133214,"date":"2019-10-25T01:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=133214"},"modified":"2019-10-25T01:15:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:15:54","slug":"the-roles-of-shariah-in-contemporary-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=133214","title":{"rendered":"The roles of Shariah in contemporary world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By\nIylia Marsya Iskandar<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>and Amir Azmir<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOMBAK, 25 October 2019: \u0153Contemporary Muslims are seen to have developed a narrow view on the roles of <em>shariah <\/em>making it confined to only the Muslims,\u009d Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad told the International Conference on Religion, Governance and Sustainable Development (ICRGSD) last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His speech on &#8220;The Roles of Objectives of <em>Shariah <\/em>in Governance and Sustainable Development&#8221; at the Senate Hall, Muhammad Abdul-Rauf Building, IIUM, was circulated to the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153<em>Shariah,<\/em> the divine law where its principles are universal and unchangeable, are in contrast to the widely spread global objectives that are not relevant for all cultures,\u009d Prof. Dr. Anis added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further explained that the Quran should always be referred to for a futuristic approach in regards to development as it is also divine, not constricted to space and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Dr. Anis unfolded that the objectives of the principles of <em>shariah <\/em>is to look after the rights of Allah and the environment and not merely as a punishment, which is a misconception of the contemporary Muslims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191024-WA0021-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191024-WA0021-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191024-WA0021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191024-WA0021-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191024-WA0021.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad giving his speech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In regards to technological development, he commented, \u0153Its not really a big issue if artificial intelligence will be dominating but it should be under an ethical umbrella. The robots can take over but ethics, first and foremost, must prevail.\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further added, \u0153We shouldnt fully rely on the senior scholars of Islam but rather the young minds who are liberated from intellectual colonisation for advancement.\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Islam, it is advisable to excel in science and technology but Prof. Dr. Anis emphasized, \u0153All these should adhere to the <em>shariah<\/em> and lead to success in <em>dunya<\/em> and <em>akhirah.<\/em>\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Riphah International University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He was the former Dean of the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS), IIUM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICRGD, organised by KIRKHS, was a two-day conference (16 to 17 October) where researchers, academics and practitioners, actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of religion, culture and governance, deliberated issues pertaining to sustainable development in promoting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations. ***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Iylia Marsya Iskandar and Amir Azmir GOMBAK, 25 October 2019: \u0153Contemporary Muslims are seen to have developed a narrow view on the roles of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":133215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6,3,63],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[12,111,134],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG-20191016-WA0007.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133214"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133243,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133214\/revisions\/133243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}