Manop Sehwiset. The reference to ghazali's works as appeared in Thai Muslim society. Master's Degree(Comparative Religion ). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
The reference to ghazali's works as appeared in Thai Muslim society
Abstract:
The thesiss purpose is to study literary works, types of education in the
religious institutions, and practices of Thai Muslim society derived from the ideas of
Imam Ghazali. The study consists of documentary research from literature related to
ways of life, ideas and practices of Imam Ghazali. The field work research was
interviews with 10 Muslim scholars who are educational administrators and professors
from religious institutions, about the works of Imam Ghazali referred to in the
institutions and the practices in Thai Muslim ways of lives, including views of Muslim
scholars towards Imam Ghazali.
From the outcome of the research, it was found that there are two groups of
Islamic law of practices in Thai Muslim society: Shafii School of law and Hanafi
School of law. In the central and southern regions of Thailand, there are more
members of the Shafii School of law than of the Hanafi which are mostly in the
northern part of Thailand.
From the study of Imam Ghazalis works in the religious institutions, it was
found that students who studied literary works were from Shafii School of law. The
teaching was in lecturing method by professors being skillful in Arabic language.
There was neither examination nor assessment in the study. Some scholars used some
literary works of Imam Ghazali as teaching materials and religious lectures.
The outcomes of the study of Imam Ghazalis works were related to moral
principles and ethics. The people who studied his works have agreed that they mold
humans minds and encourage them to have simple lives. The other outcome was
related to knowledge about the faith principles, religious and social affairs.
There were two points of views of scholars towards ideas and practices of
Imam Ghazali; the admiring and rejecting ones. They based them on the accuracy of
the religious evidences referred to in the literatures of Imam Gha