Knowledge & Community Development
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The impact of KNOWLEDGE SET FREE 4
Knowledge is not static 5
Knowledge consists of different types 6
Many faces exploring knowledge 7
Reliable knowledge 9
Communicating knowledge 11
Situated knowledge 11
Partial knowledge 12
Knowledge management 12
Community 14
Types of community 14
Identity 15
Community building and organizing 15
Development 17
Human development 19
Community development 19
Education 20
CEFAD A concept of a new system of 22
Education for Human Development
Conclusion 24
Introduction
Man is the greatest creation of Almighty. Man is the greatest of all the creations because of the knowledge the lord has given to him. One of the distinctive features of Islam is its emphasis on knowledge. The Quran and the Islamic tradition (sunnah) invite Muslims to seek and acquire knowledge and wisdom and to hold men of knowledge in high esteem.
In the Holy Quran the word al-Ilm, knowledge, and its derivatives are used more than 780 times. The first few verses that were revealed to our Holy Prophet (SAW) mention the importance of reading, pen, and teaching for human beings:
Read: in the name of your Lord who created. He created man from something which clings. Read and your Lord is the most generous. Who taught with pen. Taught man what he knew not..." (96:1-5)
"Say [unto them, O Muhammad]: Are those who know equal to those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed" (39: 9)
In the Islamic traditions, too, there are many words of praise for knowledge and the learned.
The prophet Muhammad (SAW) has said, "It is an obligation for every Muslim to seek knowledge." "Acquire knowledge, it enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven."
Not only the religion Islam has given the importance of acquiring knowledge, the other religions also given the importance to...
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