{"id":187120,"date":"2026-03-10T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=187120"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:22:36","slug":"iium-mourns-the-passing-of-renowned-scholar-royal-professor-tan-sri-dr-syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=187120","title":{"rendered":"IIUM Mourns The Passing of Renowned Scholar Royal Professor Tan Sri Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By, Sarah Jamil<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOMBAK, 9 March 2025: The entire community of the&nbsp;International Islamic University Malaysia&nbsp;(IIUM) today expressed deep sorrow and grief over the passing of the renowned Islamic thinker and scholar,&nbsp;Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The late scholar, widely recognised as one of the most influential contemporary Islamic intellectuals in the world, leaves behind a profound intellectual legacy, particularly in the fields of philosophy, education, theology, and Malay-Islamic civilisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among his most significant contributions to the university and the academic world was the establishment of the&nbsp;International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization&nbsp;(ISTAC). Under his vision, ISTAC developed into an international centre of excellence that champions the decolonisation of knowledge and the empowerment of Islamic civilisation through a refined intellectual framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, his passing is a great loss to the academic and Muslim community, but his ideas and contributions will continue to inspire future generations.***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By, Sarah Jamil GOMBAK, 9 March 2025: The entire community of the&nbsp;International Islamic University Malaysia&nbsp;(IIUM) today expressed deep sorrow and grief over the passing of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":187122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[257],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3706.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187120"}],"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\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187129,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187120\/revisions\/187129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/187122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}