The spread of Islam to the Malay World, a term used to refer to the majority of Malay-Muslim dominated nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and the minority Malay-Muslim population of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Philippines brought several changes. Before the arrival of Islam the Malay civilisation was characterised by Hindu and Buddhist influence....Read More
The essence and conception of the term thaqafah have been a problematic issue in Islamic civilization since Ibn Khaldun’s works. The chief reason is that this term has a linguistic and historical complexity as yet unsolved by writers and scholars. Consequently, this had led to confusion in the usage and concept of thaqâfah, which is...Read More
In the history of Islam, the fall of Baghdad in 1258 indicates the decline of the Islamic empires. The fall of the empires also marked the fall of the Islamic civilization and intellectualism. As the Islamic empires fell one after another, starting with Baghdad, this left the Muslims in a pathetic condition, hardly able to...Read More
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