Sanu, Qutb Mustafa. “An Islamic Civilizational Project: A Critical Study of the Concept, Purpose, and Principles,” Year 14, Issue 55 (Winter 1430 AH/ 2009 CE), Pp. 11-46.

Abstract

Qutb Sanu’s article discusses the civilizational issue and means of how the Ummah can regain its civilizational wellbeing which it has lost. The discussion stems from the civilizational project adopted by Malaysia to achieve this long-awaited ambition, and Malaysia's selection of this developmental civilizational project from the standpoint of the comprehensive scientific and technical advancement witnessed there. The study consists of an epistemological perspective on the civilizational issue and the state of the Ummah today, addressed within three main topics: “Islamic civilization” as a concept and its purpose, a discussion into the most important principles of the Islamic civilizational project as proposed by Malaysia, and an analysis of the proposed foundations of the project of Islamic civilizational understanding. It concludes with a summary of the central findings of the study.