WISE Summer School

WISE Summer School welcomes students and professionals from around the world for an intensive program on the Worldview of Islām in KL, Malaysia. ii.

Organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (CASIS) and Assembly of Intellectual Muslims (HAKIM), the WISE Summer School will offer participants worldwide a 6-days program designed to equip present-day Muslims with the right knowledge to rediscover their self, intellectual tradition and civilisational heritage under the ambit of the Worldview of Islām. The WISE

Summer School will allow participants to learn, engage and benefit from scholars who have devoted many years of their life in acquiring the understanding of Worldview of Islam under the intellectual and moral guidance of Professor Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, founder of ISTAC, Distinguished Holder of Al-Ghazali Chair and currently the Distinguished Visiting Professor at CASIS (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. The program will include visits to selected locations in addition of readings and discussions of key texts with a view toward working out its transformative, operational implications for personal, professional and public life. Venue: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur Campus, Jalan Semarak, Malaysia

Teachers:
Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas (To be confirmed)
Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zainiy Uthman
Dr. Mohd Zaidi Ismail
Dr. Mohd Sani Badron
Dr. Mohd Farid Shahran
Dr. Adi Setia Md Dom
Dr. Wan Suhaimi Wan Abdullah
Mr. Roslan Jelani

Modules:
Module 1: The Worldview of Islam: A Brief Overview
Module 2: The Meaning of Religion and the Concept of Revelation
Module 3: The Nature of Man and the Meaning of Happiness
Module 4: The Cosmos as the Created Book
Module 5: The Concept of Knowledge
Module 6: Secularization and The External Crisis of the Muslims
Module 7: Internal Crisis of the Muslims : Corruption of Knowledge, The Loss of Adab and False Leadership
Module 8: Ta'dib as the Concept of Education in Islām

Organizers:

i. HAKIM--www.hakim.org.my

HAKIM stands for "Himpunan Keilmuan Muslim" (Malay for: Assembly of Intellectual Muslims). HAKIM’s programs and activities are directed at the long-term civilizational revivification of the Ummah in general and the Muslims of Malaysia in particular through well thought out, systematic educational, research and consultancy initiatives. HAKIM believes that it is of the utmost intellectual and strategic importance for thinking Muslims to appropriate the proper use of the key-term Worldview of Islam and to articulate it in institutional and operational terms so it can serve as a practical guide to people involved in salient public domains of the civilizational enterprise, such as science and technology, politics, civil society, education, justice, economics and commerce. CASIS--www.utm.my/casis

CASIS stands for the Centre for Advanced Studies in Islam, Science and Civilisation. It is a faculty under the Innovation Centre in University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. CASIS seeks to promote post-graduate scholarship and learning for the advancement of knowledge in the fields of study relating to Islam, Science, and Civilization and their allied sciences under the ambit of the worldview of Islam in full cognizance of relevant developments in other civilizations, especially in the contemporary world. Among its main objectives is to train young scholars who are intellectually adept to delve into the intricacies of religious thought while simultaneously at home with (intellectual and) scientific ideas, technologies and socio-economic thought and institutions of today. These emerging scholars will have the requisite intellectual tools and competent knowledge to imbibe from the multi-disciplinary program to prepare themselves for future intellectual and civilizational challenges at home and the world at large.

16/08/2025

WISE Summer School x Greater Action Refugee Women

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These simple, no-waste totebags are now available for purchase — and every bag directly supports the skills, livelihood of refugee women in Malaysia.

Get yours today and be part of this meaningful initiative! Together, let’s carry change.

31/07/2025

On behalf of the WISE Summer School team, we extend our deepest gratitude to all our generous sponsors who have contributed towards the success of this year’s program. Your support will enable us to create a meaningful and enriching educational experience for our participants, nurturing minds and spirits in pursuit of knowledge and service.

Your commitment to the cause reflects a shared vision of cultivating a generation grounded in wisdom, sincerity, and excellence. We are truly honoured by your trust and contribution.

May your generosity be rewarded in manifold ways, and may our collaboration continue to grow in purpose and impact.

We have few more applicants who are in the waiting list for some sort of financial aid. We continue to welcome sponsors who wish to support this meaningful cause and be part of the WISE journey.

https://tinyurl.com/sponsorWISEss

With heartfelt thanks,
The WISE Team

09/07/2025

02/07/2025

5 More Days Before the Registration Closed!

We have filled 80% of our quota this year, for those of you who still havent found the time to apply, please do so soon.

We will close the application once we reach full capacity. Thank you all for your interest!

Register at www.wisesummerschool.com before 7th July 2025 11.59pm (Malaysian Time)

21/06/2025

SPONSOR A STUDENT

Are you an Alumni? Have you benefitted from the program?
Or you have always wanted to join but could’nt? Why not sponsor a student that could potentially benefit from this life turning experience!

We received many applications from students all over the world that are in need of financial assistance due to the current dilapidating economy.

The WISEss Program is a non-profit educational initiative made to imbibe knowledge culture among the Muslim Communities and to encourage proper understanding of the way this world is viewed as visioned by Islam.

A project such as this requires multi-level support, including moral & financial support. While we strive for good financial return from this programme in order to maintain financial sustainability, the potential return from this programme transcends that which is monetary in nature.

It is a programme that seeks to build networks & communities of good individuals of intelligence & conscience in promoting the culture of knowledge.
More than that, it is the tacit returns in the form of clarity, thought & certitude experienced by the participants as well as the organizing committee that is the most valuable return of investment, as it could lead to real happiness in this world & the next.

02/06/2025

Looking for financial aids for the WISE Summer School? Or you simply need a platform to engage with your research academically?

Submit your abstract to present at the WISE Summer Summer School Seminar. Paper presenters will be given 20-100% discount off the program fees.

Abstract deadline: 16th June 2025
Read more at www.wisesummerschool.com or email us at [email protected]

29/05/2025

We are finally open for registration!

*WORLDVIEW OF ISLAM SERIES (WISE) SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 | 17-23rd August 2025*

REGISTER HERE www.wisesummerschool.com

We welcome participants from any country who share our vision and who are sincere in seeking a deeper understanding of Islam as both religion (al-dīn) and civilisation (tamaddun).

The WISE Summer School is an initiative to introduce the intellectual-spiritual tradition of Islam, particularly with the aim of equipping seekers of knowledge of all educational backgrounds and professionals fields with the tools to acquire or re-acquire and to engage with contemporary challenges. It is an intensive programme that articulates the true meaning of religion, knowledge, happiness, justice, nature of man and education as understood by great Muslim luminaries, and in so-doing, strengthening the role of each individual in the Muslim Community.

Application closes on 7th July 2025,

for more info, go to www.wisesummerschool.com

19/05/2025

4th Installment of the Extempore Speech on Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled

The Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation together with Ta’dib Foundation is honoured to host once more the esteemed Royal Laureate Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, for an extempore scholarly discourse on Islam, in which he will elucidate the principal arguments of his latest monograph, Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled. Following his earlier lecture—where he distinguished between millah (cultural belief-systems) and dīn (the divinely revealed religion), affirmed Islam as dīn al-ḥaqq and addressed the encroachment of secularism on spiritual realities—Professor al-Attas returns to deepen our understanding of the primordial covenants between God and humanity.

Admission tickets are now available; please reserve your place at your earliest convenience to facilitate our arrangements:
http://linktr.ee/rzs.casis

To acquaint yourself with the preceding lecture, you may read Dr Dayang Nurhazieqa Hamzani’s summary and report here:
https://chancellery.utm.my/casis/blog/2025/02/24/summary-of-the-extempore-speech-on-islam-the-covenants-fulfilled-by-royal-laureate-professor-syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas/

Live-streaming and past recordings of the lecture is also available for purchase at:
https://www.maratib.my/islam-the-covenants-fulfilled

Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025
Time: 8:00 PM–11:00 PM
Venue: Dewan Tunku Canselor (DTC), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Registration: Now until Friday, 13 June 2025 at 11:00 PM (Walk-ins welcome)

10/01/2025

We are honoured to announce that the esteemed Royal Laureate Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, will deliver an extempore speech on the religion of Islam, based on his latest work, "Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled." Please find the event details below:

Date: Sunday, 26th January 2025 (26 Rajab 1446H)
Time: 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Venue: Dewan Merdeka, World Trade Center (WTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Online Registration Period: Now until 24th January 2025 (11:00 PM)

Walk-ins (with an additional RM5) are welcome on the day of the event.

In this auspicious gathering, YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Minister of Higher Education Dato' Seri Zambry Abd. Kadir will be in attendance.

YAB Prime Minister will deliver the welcoming remarks, followed by an introductory speech by Prof. Alparslan Acikgenç (Ibn Haldun University), and an extempore speech by Royal Laureate Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas.

Register here: linktr.ee/rzs.casis

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