Talk:Islamization of knowledge
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Clearly this implies a few other articles, on Islamic economics, Islamic feminism, Islamic ecology, and the parallel Catholic views (not really a 'program') outlined by Pope John Paul II. The idea of having a 'Catholic' body of knowledge is actually very old, and goes back to the middle ages and Aquinas at least. Which is interesting because he probably got the idea from Arabs, who are now getting it back.
Given world events, this program is probably at least as important as all the anti-globalization movement talk, and we should have a good list of the intellectuals who support this program, and governments too if they do. Gadaffi in Libya has paid lip service to this idea, but firsthand experience of those who've tried to work on such a program under him suggest that it's insincere... big surprise! They also try to do this in Iran, sort of, and in Saudi there are programs of this nature of very limited non-government-threatening scope. Need to do more research...
Also, decided not to include the following paragraph, pending others' comments. It would go at the very end, but perhaps it should go in another article that could compare all the various attempts to subordinate science to ethics, likely called ethics in science and technology or ethics of knowledge itself.
- The increasing awareness of ethical arguments regarding human cloning, genetics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and the possibility of a technological singularity that would put technology entirely beyond human control, are causing larger numbers of people who are both scientifically aware, and religious, to consider the limits of human action and control. When Clonaid announced the first human clone in 2003, Islamic clerics condemned it as strongly as Catholics or Jews - suggesting that there is increasing solidarity on the need for cooperation.
Added the following, as this is inherently a conservative Muslim enterprise and needs qualification to maintain NPOV: However, some liberal movements within Islam are skeptical of the approach, viewing the construction of fields such as Islamic science and Islamic economics largely as propaganda created to further the conservative view that Islam is an all-encompassing social system. --Zeeshanhasan 20:00, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)