22 February, 2017: International Seminar on Reviving Islamic Values in Response to Human Crisis, organized by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The International Seminar on Reviving Islamic Values in Response to Human Crisis was organized by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), Yogyakarta, Indonesia at Inna Garuda Hotel, Yogyakarta on February 22, 2017.  The seminar was attended by participants from Malaysian and Indonesian Universities, private as well as state public universities.

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan was first established on 18 November, 1960 as Institute for Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta as an expansion of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Muhammadiyah Jakarta. It was initially designated to serve as an extension of Muammadiyah BI course established earlier in 1957, during which the BI course offered three streams namely Educational science, Civil Law and Economics. On 19, December 1994, IKIP Muhammadiyah was changed into a full-fledged  university and became Ahmad Dahlan University.

Currently UAD has 10 faculties with 30 undergraduate study programs. For the postgraduate program, UAD has 7 master programs: Psychology Science Postgraduate, Psychology Profession Postgraduate, Physics Education Postgraduate, English Education Postgraduate, Pharmacy Postgraduate, Education Management Postgraduate and Information Technology Postgraduate Program.

The seminar was officiated by Prof. Dr. Sarbiran, Vice Rector III of UAD, for International Cooperation.  Bro. Muhammad Habib Chirzin was invited to deliver an Introductory Speech, before the opening, on behalf of International Institute of Islamic Thought ( IIIT) where he took the opportunity to share with the audiences the new policy and programs of IIIT on Textbook Writing, Research, Summer School, Translation and Publication.

The Keynote Speech was delivererd by Prof. Dr. Jasser Auda (Chairman of Maqasid Institute, London), with the topic on The Need for Ethics Revolution: Islamic Perspective. Prof. Jasser Auda explored the topics extensively based on the Maqashid al Shariah.

Two Plenary Sessions were organized in the Conference. The first plenary speakers include:

1.            Prof. Dato Seri Dr. Asiah Abdul Rahim (Kulliyah of Architecture and Environmental              Design, International Islamic University of Malaysia)

Topic: Islamic Values through the Architectural Perspective.

2.            Dr. Ali Abdul Mun’im (Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta)

Topic: Human Last Resort: Qur’anic based Maqasidi Philosophy of Development.

3.            Dr. Ahmad. Muhammad. Diponegoro (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta)

Topic: Human Crisis, The Search for Well Being and Islamic values.

The second panel include ;

1.            Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail (Faculty of Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Topic: Islamic Values through Scientific Perspective.

2.            Ahmad Arifin bin Sapar, PhD (University of Malaya)

Topic: Fuzzy Delphi Method for evaluating the issues and constraints to enhance the student  knowledge in Arabic Studies in Malaysia.

Aside from the two plenary sessions, there were three parallel sessions with the papers presentation of different topics  from the different universities.