Keistimewaan pendidikan agama Islam dan pandangan pentadbir British terhadap sistem pendidikan di Tanah Melayu

The Privileges of Islamic religious education and British administrator’s views on the education system in Malaya

Authors

  • Mohd Farhan Abd Rahman Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8522-8252
  • Muhd Imran Abd Razak Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA
  • Ahmad Firdaus Mohd Noor Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2308-6869
  • Nurul Kamalia Yusuf Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-1499
  • Nor Adina Abdul Kadir Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Melaka, Kampus Alor Gajah, Melaka, MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v6i2.217

Keywords:

Islam, Tanah Melayu, Education, British Administrators, Malay Community

Abstract

The majority of British administrators adhered to the philosophy of logical positivism (later known as logical empiricism), an understanding that emphasises the use of the intellect as the main approach to obtaining accurate scientific facts based on meticulous and systematic research methods. This philosophy rejects the proof of a fact from the source of revelation as it is considered not relevant in proving history and has created bigoted and queried views towards the Malay community in Malaya. This article focuses on the analysis of the British administrators’ views on the system of education in Malaya, which includes religious and secular education, and on determining the privileges of Islamic religious education for the Malay community. The methods used were historiography, comparative method, and content analysis. The study found that the British administrators underestimated the contribution of the Islamic education system in Malaya and considered that the failure of Malaya in achieving its high civilization was due to its adherence to Islam, which was considered irrelevant and outdated. Hence, to overcome these weaknesses, internalising secularism into the thinking of the Malays in Malaya through the Western education system was seen as an appropriate step.

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Author Biographies

Mohd Farhan Abd Rahman, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA

Mohd Farhan bin Abd Rahman is a lecturer at the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS), Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch, Seri Iskandar Campus. He has served as a lecturer at the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS) from 2015 to the present. He also served as a part-time/full-time lecturer for five years (2010-2015) at Universiti Teknologi MARA Melaka Branch, Alor Gajah Campus. He holds a master's degree from the Department of Fiqh and Usul, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya (2014) and specializes in Islamic law and society. In terms of publications, his expertise is focused on Islamic education, Islamic thought and civilization, and orientalist. His published articles include Undang-undang Islam dalam Masyarakat Melayu: Analisis Terhadap Bentuk Pemikiran dan Pandangan R.O. Winstedt (2012), Kedudukan Perundangan Jenayah Islam dan Adat ke atas Masyarakat Melayu di Tanah Melayu Menurut Pandangan Orientalis: Rujukan Khusus Terhadap R.O. Winstedt (2019), Pengaruh Hinduisme dalam Kehidupan Masyarakat Melayu: Rujukan Khusus Karya Pilihan R.O. Winstedt (2020), Peringkat Pendekatan Kajian Sarjana Orientalis Barat Terhadap Islam: Satu Analisa (2020), A Doctrinal Aspect of Orientalism and Its Influences on Malay Culture (2016), Orientalist’ Attitude to Malay Indolence Demeanour: An Analysis (2017), Orientalists and Islam: Ramifications to Educational System in Malaya (2017), Orientalist Studies Verge on Islam: Early History (2017), R.O. Winstedt’ Notion on Islamic Criminal Laws in Malaya: An Analysis (2020) and The Relationship between the Ulama and Malay Intellectuals in the Development of Islamic Education in Perak, 1922-1999 (2020).

 

Muhd Imran Abd Razak, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA

 

 

Ahmad Firdaus Mohd Noor, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA

 

 

Nurul Kamalia Yusuf, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Kampus Seri Iskandar, Perak, MALAYSIA

 

 

Nor Adina Abdul Kadir, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Melaka, Kampus Alor Gajah, Melaka, MALAYSIA

 

 

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Published

2021-12-21

How to Cite

Abd Rahman, M. F., Abd Razak, M. I., Mohd Noor, A. F., Yusuf, N. K., & Abdul Kadir, N. A. (2021). Keistimewaan pendidikan agama Islam dan pandangan pentadbir British terhadap sistem pendidikan di Tanah Melayu: The Privileges of Islamic religious education and British administrator’s views on the education system in Malaya. Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 6(2), 688–696. https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v6i2.217