24 May, 2016: International Conference on Islamic Epistemology: The Reconstruction of Contemporary Islamic Epistemology

The International Conference on Islamic Epistemology: The Reconstruction of Contemporary Islamic Epistemology, and the Workshop on the Textbook Writing was organized by the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. The conference was attended by 200 participants from UMS and other 18 universities in Indonesia, the state public and private universities.

The conference was officiated by the Deputy Rector 1 for Academic Affairs of UMS, Dr. Muhammad Da'i.  After the opening remark by the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Dr. Fattah Santosa and the official opening, Dato Dr. Jamil Osman, delivered very substantial Keynote Speech, on The Reconstruction of Contemporary Islamic Epistemology in East and Southeast Asia. Dato Jamil made a comprehensive and substantial keynote speech, which has been highly appreciated by the leaders of UMS and the participants.

The Plenary Session featured 3 speakers; 1.  " The Development of Islamic Epistemology: An Overview of Sources, Methods, and Purposes" by -Dr. M. Abdul Fattah Santoso, the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, UMS; 2- "The Development and implementation of Islamic Epistemology: Experience of  Indonesian's Universities", by . Habib Chirzin; and 3-"The Development and implementation of Islamic Epistemology: Experience of Malaysian's Universities" by bro.  Shahran Kasim.

In the afternoon session, there were 3 parallel presentations of the 26 papers out of 63 papers accepted by the organizer, Moderated by Dr. Syamsul Hidayat, Maarif Jamuin, M.Si and Dr. Imron Rosyadi.

The last session was the Workshop on Textbook Writing Based on Islamic Epistemology by Dato Wira Dr. Jamil Osman, Director IIIT East and South East Asia.  The workshop was attended by the textbook writers from UMS Sutakarta and the paper writers from 18 Universities.

Finally we agreed to form the committee of the 6 textbook writing, coordinated by Dr. Fattah Santosa. And we distributed the books of The Qur'anic World View by Dr. Abdul Hamid AbuSulayman to the writers. In the following day, May 25, 2016, we signed an MOA on the 6 textbook writing, signed by Dato Jamil Osman and Dr. Fattah Santoso.