THE ROLE OF CRITICAL

THINKING IN ISLAMIC
CRTICAL THINKING : A CONVENTIONAL
CONCEPT
 DEFINITION:
 Intellectually disciplined process of proficiently and actively applying the skills of
analysis, synthesizing and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated
by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication for the
purpose of conceptualizing the solution to a problem or developing a policy
programme as a guide for society and government.
 One’s ability to engage in reasoned discourse with intellectual standard such as
clarity, accuracy, precision, and logic, and to use analytical skills with a
fundamental value orientation that emphasize intellectual humility, intellectual
integrity, and fair-mindedness.
 Formation of possible solution to a problem or possible explanation of certain
phenomena.
THE ISLAMIC REVIVALIST FRAMEWORK OF
CRITICAL THINKING (IRFCT)
 The critical thinking process, within the revivalist
tradition, is directed towards the general well-being the
humanity, well-being includes the prosperity, security and
happiness of society in all aspects of life, including
development in areas such as the spiritual, moral, ethical,
material and intellectual.
Plurality of Discourses in the Muslim
World
 THE TRADITIONALIST DISCOURSE