Concept of civilisation and sustainable development: a maqasidic orientation

• Main Authors: Abdelaziz, Berghout, Saoudi, Ouahiba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kulliyah (Faculty) of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: BPK36 Islamic law (General); CB History of civilization; D History (General); KBP50 History, development and application of Islamic law
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/115956/7/115956_Concept%20of%20Civilisation%20and%20Sustainable.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/115956/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijrcs/article/view/110

This paper discusses the concept of “civilisation” and “civilisational sustainable development” with special reference to maqasid and values system in Islam. Islam, in its very nature, posits that civilisation is an integrated and a multi-faceted social phenomenon involving intellectual, social, soc...