Political Education – A Synopsis of its Religious Foundations and Principles in Islam
Political Education – A Synopsis of its Religious Foundations and Principles in Islam

Summary/Abstract: Political education in Islam is based upon certain concrete foundations. God, man and the world have always been of special interest to humans. Thomas Hobbes, one the most important theorists in the West, considers stability, security, avoidance of civil war and disunity as the highest goal in building a “power structure” in a country, and considers “political education” inevitable in order to maintain such a state. He mainly focuses on the duties and civil obligations of citizens towards the ruling political system. However, in the contemporary political thought of Islam, there are certain principles that, in addition to the duties of citizens concerning the political system, emphasize upon the human duties towards the system which is based upon the sovereignty of God. The primary question which arises is, what are the principles of political education in contemporary political Islamic thought? The epistemological, ontological and anthropological foundations, and the principles adopted from them, provide for the theoretical discussions necessary for political education in contemporary political thought. Accordingly, we will analyse these and other related principles. After analysing the content of the works and studying the sources, we will outline the basic principles and the foundations of political education in Islam. Similarly, we will prove that the contemporary political thought of Islam possesses a framework which is based upon a number of principles and doctrines which are in line with the worldly and afterlife requirements of mankind and help to build a strong, powerful and productive society. The investigation in this article confides itself in descriptive and analytic methodology.

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