The following is part of a draft translation of the Arabic book entitled 'Foundations of the Education Curriculum in the Khilafah state' published by Dar al-Ummah (Beirut, Lebanon), 1st Edition, 1425 Hijra—2004 CE. I will be posting sections from the book: 3. GENERAL GOALS OF EDUCATION IN THE KHILAFAH STATE There are two leading goals of education that must be observed when setting the method and subjects of education:- 1. Building the Islamic personality, intellect and psyche, of the Ummah’s children via implanting the Islamic culture—’aqeedah, thoughts and behaviour—into the students’ intellects and psyches. Accordingly care must be taken in the Khilafah State to set and implement methods to achieve this goal. 2. Preparing Muslim children such that some become scholars with expertise in every field of life whether in Islamic sciences (ijtihad, fiqh, judiciary etc) or empirical sciences (engineering, chemistry, physics, medicine etc). Scholars who are able to carry the Islamic
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