Islam dan Feudalisme
Islam And Feudalism
Baru-baru ini apabila saya mendengar bahawa seorang pelajar menulis tesis yang dengannya dia "membuktikan" bahawa Islam ialah sistem feudal dan menerima Ijazah Sarjananya, saya sangat terkejut. Prestasi kedua-dua pelajar itu dan para profesor yang menganugerahkan ijazah tersebut sama-sama membingungkan. Tetapi pelajar itu mungkin boleh dimaafkan atas alasan bahawa dia sama ada jahil tentang apa yang dia tulis, atau berbuat demikian kerana berniat buruk terhadap Islam; namun bagaimana pula dengan guru-guru yang berilmu itu? Bagaimanakah kita hendak menjelaskan tingkah laku mereka, pengetahuan mereka tentang sistem sosio-ekonomi Islam, dan kefahaman mereka tentang sejarah?
Recently when I heard that a student wrote a thesis wherein he "proved" that Islam was a feudalistic system and received his Master's Degree, I was deeply surprised. The performance of both the student as well as the professors awarding him the degree was equally mystifying. But the student might well be excused on the plea that he was either ignorant of what he was writing about or did so out of ill-will towards Islam, but what about the learned teachers? How are we to account for their conduct, their knowledge of the socio-economic system of Islam, and their understanding of history?