Since the concept of ‘faculty’ (quwwah) refers to a living being in whom the attribute of ‘knowledge’ subsists, and this knowledge is the governing principle of his thought and action, the university must have been conceived in emulation of the general structure, in form, function and purpose of man. It was meant to be a microcosmic representation of man –indeed, of the Universal Man (al-Insān al-Kullī).
Nilai mementingkan ilmu sebagai kebaikan utama, sumber segala kebaikan (yakni jika disertakan dengan kehendak gigih dan niat ikhlas) telah melahirkan sikap memberatkan pendidikan sebagai kaedah utama. Bagi diri dan masyarakat berbudaya ilmu, tujuan utama pendidikan bukanlah untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau melahirkan tenaga kerja cekap tetapi untuk menanam sikap memuliakan ilmu, menuntutnya dan terus menghayatinya seumur hidup.
Postgraduate Programs
CASIS offers two research programmes: Master of Philosophy in Islamic Civilisation, and Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Civilisation. Both programmes are research-based, which means students are required to produce a thesis reflecting an academic work worthy of such degrees.
Program Structure
The Master and Doctoral Program offered by CASIS are a Research only by definition. But to ensure our students to follow and understand the philosophy of education promoted by CASIS, we provide pre-requisite coursework throughout the study. Students are required to take some courses with the HW (check the list of courses) status with the intention to complete and strengthen some fundamental understandings in order to ensure success in their research.
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Membina Kerjaya Persuratan: Menterjemah Kembara ‘Ilmu di CASIS
“Jika sebelum ini saya hanya pencari yang tanpa apa-apa kelulusan berkaitan, kini pengembaraan saya dalam dunia ke‘ilmuan dan keusahawanan ialah sebagai seorang graduan CASIS – yang perlu menjaga nama baik guru-guru saya dan juga madrasah yang saya mendapat manfa‘at besar daripadanya. Atas limpah ni‘mat daripada Allah, kesan pengajian saya di CASIS terzahir dalam ikhtiyar usaha kami membangunkan Akademi Jawi Malaysia yang berteraskan pandangan ‘alam Islam dan diusahakan sebagai usahaniaga yang berdiri atas kaki sendiri.”
Serendipitous Travels for Knowledge and Place of Meaning: A Journey at RZS-CASIS
“If I can describe my journey learning the thoughts of Tan Sri Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in one word, it would be “serendipitous”. Of course in the understanding of qada’ and qadar in Islam, nothing “just happens” because it just happens, but things happen with reason. Some of those reasons can be known to us in through the various forms of knowledge and sciences that we have, while some of it would remain unknown and hidden from us, secrets that might never be revealed.”
On a Pursuit of the Unchanging, a Gratitude note to CASIS
“That pursuit of something unshifting, unchanging has expanded, from a smaller pursuit of one’s own life purpose after school, to one’s pursuit of social identity and sense of contribution to the society…..It made sense to me now as I feel it myself; how without a dynamic framework to live in today’s world, we can be floating or gasping unknowingly. We can engage but half-cooked. We can try to offer solutions, but not to the core….The issues we are facing are not simple, it is complex and often probes us to go beyond. We are asked to also look inside, to know ourselves, to be honest with our own capacity, because changes need to be sustained and filled in.”
Man of Adab in History
[This entry is a selected summary and report of the RZS-CASIS Saturday Night Lecture (CSNL) given by Prof. Wan Mohd Nor on 21st August 2021.] Ahmad Khushairi Ismail (RZS-CASIS MPhil Alumni) Editted by Sarah Albani On the 21st of August 2021, The Raja Zarith Sofiah...
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMANITIES IN A SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)-DRIVEN WORLD with Datuk Dr Syed Ali Tawfik al-Attas
RZS-CASIS Scholarly Dialogue on THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMANITIES IN A SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)-DRIVEN WORLD with Datuk Dr Syed Ali Tawfik al-Attas In conjunction with RZS-CASIS's 10th Year...
Summary-Reflection: “Action, Thinking Framework and the Human Soul”
This article being the summary and reflection of Prof. Dr Muhammad Zainiy Uthman's Lecture on “Action, Thinking Framework, and the Human Soul” in conjunction with the HIKMA Forum 2020 | 26th December 2020 Summary and Reflection by M. Ikhwan Azlan (Dr., RZS-CASIS...
Summary-Report: “Internal and External Challenges of Our Time”
This article being the summary and report of Prof. Dr Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud’s Lecture on “Internal and External Challenges of Our Time” in conjunction with the HIKMA Forum 2020 | 26th December 2020 Summary and Report by Sharifah Hajar Almahdaly...
“On The Importance of Definition: Greek Struggles and Islam’s Emphasis on the Proper Places of Things”
"On The Importance of Definition: Greek Struggles and Islam's Emphasis on the Proper Places of Things" by Akhrun bin Musa (RZS-CASIS Alumni) [This entry is a selected summary of the 5th RZS-CASIS Saturday Night Lecture (CSNL) given by Prof.Dr. Wan Mohd Nor on 21...
Ringkasan Sesi ke-6 “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Penutup oleh Prof Dr Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud | 26 November 2020
Disediakan oleh Norziati Mohd Rosman (Pelajar Alumni Sarjana RZS-CASIS) Siri keenam dan terakhir diskusi Islam & Sekularisme disampaikan oleh Profesor Dr Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud. Diskusi ini dapat dibahagikan kepada tiga bahagian utama iaitu hakikat Islam...
“Significance of Defining Key Terms in Islam”
“Significance of Defining Key Terms in Islam” by Nik Syazwan Nik Ab. Wahab (RZS-CASIS PhD Candidate) [This entry is a selected summary and reflection of the RZS-CASIS Saturday Night Lecture (CSNL) given by Prof. Wan Mohd Nor on 17th October 2020.] Continuing from...
Ringkasan Sesi ke-5 Bicara Buku “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Dewesternisasi Ilmu bersama PM Dr. Khalif Muammar A. Harris | 19hb November 2020
Disediakan oleh: Siti Nor Aisyah Ngadiran (Pelajar Doktor Falsafah RZS-CASIS) Sesi kelima ini membincangkan tentang keadaan umat Islam kini yang menurut Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, semakin lemah akibat minda mereka yang terjajah (the captive mind). Akibatnya mereka...
Ringkasan Sesi ke-4 Bicara Buku “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Dilema Muslim Bersama PM Dr. Khalif Muammar A. Harris | 12hb November 2020
Disediakan oleh: Siti Nur Alaniah Binte Abdul Wahid (Pelajar Doktor Falsafah RZS-CASIS) Pada sesi ke-4 ini, Dr. Khalif menjelaskan terlebih dahulu berkenaan buku “Islam dan Sekularisme” yang dituliskan khusus bagi memberikan penjelasan tentang jalan keluar pemecahan...
Ringkasan Sesi ke-3 Bicara Buku “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Islam: Faham Agama dan Asas Akhlak bersama PM Dr. Khalif Muammar A. Harris | 5hb November 2020
Disediakan oleh: Muhammad Zul-Faisal bin Omar (Pelajar Pasca Siswazah RZS-CASIS) Sesi membicarakan mengenai Kristian dan semangat sekularisme yang memusuhi agama, pada bab ketiga ini, al-Attas membicarakan pula mengenai faham agama yang sewajarnya difahami oleh setiap...
Ringkasan Sesi ke-2 Bicara Buku “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Sekular – Sekularisasi – Sekularisme bersama PM Dr Khalif Muammar A. Harris | 29hb Oktober 2020
Oleh Muhammad bin Mohamad Idris (Pelajar Sarjana di RZS-CASIS) Bab ini menghuraikan takrif dan hakikat sekularisme sebagai program falsafah; masalah dan kesannya terhadap Kristian; tentangannya terhadap Islam; dan Islamisasi sebagai respon proaktif terhadapnya....
Ringkasan Sesi 1 Bicara Buku “Islam dan Sekularisme”: Latar Belakang Kristian Barat Masa Kini bersama PM Dr Khalif Muammar A. Harris | 22hb Oktober 2020
Disediakan oleh Muhammad Khairi Zainal (Pelajar Sarjana RZS-CASIS) Sesi Pertama bicara buku Islam dan Sekularisme sempena penerbitan kedua terjemahan Prof Dr Madya Dr Khalif Muammar kepada salah satu karya agung Tan Sri Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Islam...
Director of Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science & Civilisation (RZS-CASIS) (2023-2026)
Alhamdulillah and warmest congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Dr Wan Suhaimi Wan Abdullah, for the appointment as the new Director of Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science & Civilisation (RZS-CASIS) Associate Professor Dr. Wan Suhaimi Wan...
RZS-CASIS VISITING SCHOLAR LECTURE SERIES – ‘Some Aspects of Knowledge, Science, and the Philosophy for the Future’ by Datuk Dr. Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas
We are pleased to announce that as part of Datuk Dr Syed Ali Tawfiq al-Attas's new appointment as Visiting Scholar at the Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (RZS-CASIS), he will be delivering a series of lectures at...
SEJARAH PURBA DAN ARKEOLOGI
BOOK CLUB “SUMBER HISTORIOGRAFI ALAM MELAYU (KOLEKSI PERIBADI JOHN BASTIN)” bersama Prof. Dr. Tatiana Denisova SESI KEDUA| 9hb JANUARY 2021 | ONLINE Renungan dan Rumusan oleh Niswa Noralina Abdullah (pelajar Phd RZS-CASIS) Pengetahuan tentang masa lalu adalah asas...
Sumber-Sumber Mengenai Melaka pada Zaman Portugis [1726-1800]
BOOK CLUB “SUMBER HISTORIOGRAFI ALAM MELAYU (KOLEKSI PERIBADI JOHN BASTIN)” bersama Prof. Dr. Tatiana Denisova SESI KETIGA| 9hb FEBRUARI 2020 | ONLINE Renungan dan Rumusan oleh Siti Nor Aisyah Ngadiran (Pelajar PhD RZS-CASIS) Bagi sesi ketiga ini, Prof Dr....