Books-in-Brief: Rethinking Reform in Higher Education

IIIT Books-In-Brief Series is a valuable collection of the
Institute’s key publications written in condensed form to give readers a core understanding of the main contents of the original.
The Reform of Higher Education in Muslim Societies is in
sum a paradigm shift in perspective driven by important
considerations including the aims of education itself. It may require reforming existing disciplines, inventing new ones, as well as working in conjunction with current knowledge(s) and discourses by taking effective account of the ethical, spiritual norms of Muslim society, the guiding principles that it operates under, which in turn mark the underlying basis of its makeup and spiritual identity. Rather than creating divisions, reform of Higher Education in Muslim Societies recognizes the plurality and diversity of the modern networked world, and seeks to replace sterile and uniform approaches to knowledge with a broader and more creative understanding of reality as lived on different soils and different cultures. Moderation, balance and effective communication are paramount features of the underlying philosophy.