Md Shahjahan Ali
Paper presented at a workshop on Islamic Epistemology & Curriculum Reform
2-3 May, 2008 at Islamic University Kustia

Man is the supreme creature of God who can think independently and can acquire new knowledge through his deeds, observations and logical operations. Religious belief in his mind, sometimes influences his knowledge structure and social behavior. During the few decades tremendous advancements have been taken place in the fields of scientific knowledge and invention of newer technologies which are making such questions which are giving a heavy jolt in the traditional belief systems of the man. Modern man’s obsession with domination of nature and power has produced a science which has severely harmed the ecological systems of the earth. Science today has become not a tool to ‘study the nature’ but a weapon to ‘exploit the nature’. The very existence of our mother planet is now under threat. Qur’an, on the other hand, is a divine book, which emphasizes use of scientific knowledge for the welfare of mankind maintaining the ethical values of man and environmental and ecological balance of the earth. This paper discusses all these issues in short and makes some observations about our responsibilities in this context.

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