Safi, Louay. “Islamization of Knowledge: From Epistemological Principles to Procedural Methods,” Year 1, Issue 3 (Winter 1416 AH/ 1996 CE), Pp. 11-45.

Abstract

Louay Safi focuses on the basic thesis of Islamization of knowledge and the action plan underlying it, and analyzes some of the responses and reactions towards it. He concludes that it is time to transcend Islamization of knowledge from the holistic foundational epistemological principles underpinning it to ta’ṣīl (i.e., establishing an Islamic framework through referral to principal Islamic sources) and a movement of scientific production that addresses issues facing Islamic thought. Safi explains the conceptual framework of Islamization of knowledge and the procedural difficulties of implementing the action plan proposed by the late Ismail Faruqi, and its opposing reactions, the shortcomings of classical scientific approaches, and the difficult shift from principles to methods. Safi confronts the specter of sectarianism and the relationship between revelation and reason, and explains the basic and general plan proposed for undertaking the project.