Islamic sciences and social sciences towards overcoming the severance, isn't the dawn near? — Sari Hanfi

This book starts from the premise that religion cannot be reduced to jurisprudence, and jurisprudence requires an understanding of ethics, and applying jurisprudence to reality needs scientific tools that have been evolving—and still are—in the crucible of the humanities in general and social sciences in particular. This book is the summary of field research conducted over five years to study the colleges of Sharia in some Arab countries in the East and West, in addition to Malaysia, where the author studied the components of these colleges in terms of curricula and teaching methods for Islamic sciences and the relationship of these sciences with other scientific fields. The book concluded that the way out of the dichotomous oppositions between these sciences will only be through their integration via dual scientific attainment—even if at a minimum—between Islamic formation and social sciences formation, in an attempt to build a dual mindset with an open perspective on Islamic and social studies. Therefore, this book targets specialists in both the religious and social fields, with observations that concern them both, which will provide a foundation for future interdisciplinary dialogue.