The first edition of this book was published in Arabic by the International Institute of Islamic thought in Cairo in 1991. Its introduction was written by His Eminence Shaykh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the President of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars. It was well received by Muslim scholars, psychologists and laymen since it succeeded in integrating Islamic spirituality and theology with modern psychology, linguistics, comparative religion and mental and physical health. It was reprinted in Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and used as a reference in Arabic Departments of psychology and education. Its second revised and updated edition was an English translation published by IIIT in London and printed by Cambridge University Press in the year 2000. The book generated highly thoughtful positive responses from reviewers. Some of them stated that reading it had greatly improved their ability to contemplate and had improved their practice of worshipping. Muslim scholars in different countries have stressed its value to non-English speaking Muslims and have obtained permission to translate it. The book is now published in different languages of the Islamic World such as Indonesian, Albanian and Malayalam.
The indiscriminate exportation of Western psychology to Muslim and third world countries can pose serious cultural and ideological dilemmas. When the exported commodity from North to South is physical in nature, the harm done can easily be identified; for example the quick detection of the life threatening birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide when taken during pregnancy or the flaws in the breaking system of a Japanese car. However, when the exported product is ideas and beliefs and ways of life, the indirect and sneaky damage, is often much more malevolent and long-lasting because it attacks the worldview of the recipients and it shakes their cherished beliefs. Because of the technological supremacy of the West, Islamic and developing countries got used to wholeheartedly accepting any information coming from Europe and the US, particularly if it is exported under the tag of “science”. By presenting itself under this prestigious ‘mantra’, students in Muslim countries swallow the kernel of psychology with its nutshell; the baby with its filthy water. The danger of this approach is greatly augmented by the shortcomings of our educational systems that discourages critical thinking and encourages the submissive acceptance of the words of the teacher and that of printed material
Speaking of marriage reconciliation , one may see the advantages of the Koranic
way of reconciling disputing couples through arbiters over the currently popular
use of the services of psychotherapists and marriage counselors . The arbiters ...
Despite the fact that pre-marital counselling is not well developed in the Muslim
community, there is effort on the part of some Imams and individual women to
establish pre- marital counselling centres to enable couples anticipate and meet
the ...
Provides an account of the author's journey from Austin, Texas to the Middle East and North Africa in search of Islamic feminism, and reflects upon the possibility of equality between men and women
“Any other activities specifically for women?” “Guidance, marital counseling, legal counseling, child care.” She leaned forward across the desk and pointed a kindly
finger at me. “And we work with all women, non-Muslims as well as Muslims.
Ali organizes several programs and modules on guidance and counselling ,
education and family development . Under the program of educational services ,
it provides the following : - Summer camps for smart children . - Computer - aided
...
Section 9 of the Act makes it the duty of the lawyer to draw to the attention of his
clients the reconciliation provisions of the Divorce Act, to inform them of marriage counselling facilities known to him and by section 9 (1)(b), to discuss with his ...
194 The Bill compels the offending spouse to receive counselling , reconciliatory counselling or psychotherapy , if necessary . The enactment of a separate
legislation for tackling the problem of domestic violence does not seem to be
feasible ...
A counselor to the shah saved the day by recognizing that it was a game of war
between symbolic armies commanded by the king and his vizier ( queen , in the
West ) . Each army consisted of four branches : chariotry ( represented by the
rook ...
