The university, represented by the Intellectual Awareness Unit, is preparing to organize the \"Awakening: Concept and Issues\" conference tomorrow, Tuesday, under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Faisal bin Meshal bin Saud, Governor of Al-Qassim Region. The conference will be held in the university's foyer on Tuesday and Wednesday, 24-25 Rajab 1439 AH, with the participation of a large number of specialized experts and academics, and the presence of esteemed Sheikhs from the Council of Senior Scholars.
\n His Excellency Professor Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, the University President and General Supervisor of the conference, explained that it comes as part of the university's continuous activities in dedicating moderation and spreading a balanced approach, whether at the level of extracurricular activities such as organizing events, conferences, exhibitions, and meetings, or at the level of curricular activities related to the development of curricula and the educational process as a whole. He pointed out that this has resulted, praise be to God, in the reformulation of Islamic culture courses to suit the changes of the times, and the addition of some Sharia courses at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies that deconstruct extremist rhetoric and confront its premises and literature in a scientifically grounded manner. Examples of this include the course on the jurisprudence of terrorism crimes in the Fiqh department, and the course on contemporary extremism in the Aqidah department.
\nAl-Dawood said: \"This conference, organized by the university, is of utmost importance as it discusses a complex problem and a term that is present in the history of Saudi society. At the same time, it carries within it incorrect connotations and imported ideas. For this reason, it was the focus of His Highness the Crown Prince's discussion in multiple meetings. Based on our awareness, intellectual, and national responsibility at this giving university, and in fulfillment of our scientific and research duty, this conference was held to analyze this term and subject it to further analysis and correction through an elite group of thinkers and researchers.\".
\nHe added: \"What concerns us in this conference is the imported activist aspect that crossed our borders and led some of our youth to create a state of conflict and alienation between them and their country. This manifested at the time in continuous protests against many decisions, reforms, and political measures of the ruler. As for true religiosity based on moderation and tolerance, spreading goodness, teaching knowledge, memorizing the Quran, and observing religious rituals, there is no doubt that it is our duty as Muslims to strengthen these correct manifestations and spread them in society. We must stand with our state as one rank and an impenetrable barrier against any attempt to distort or diminish it from within or outside. No one can outdo our leaders and our state in this regard, praise be to God. I recall on this occasion the immortal words of our King, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect him, when he said: \"There is no place among us for an extremist who sees moderation as a loss of principles and exploits our tolerant creed to achieve his goals, and there is no place for a dissolute person who sees our war on extremism as a means to spread dissolution.\"\".
\nAl-Dawood continued, saying: \"We have learned from our wise leadership, represented by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince \u2013 may God protect them \u2013 to work on two complementary paths; the first: earnest and continuous endeavor in doing good through continuous support for all charitable activities and legitimate institutions and the correct deepening of all meanings and manifestations of true legitimacy. The second: protecting the generation from corrupt perceptions and wrong ideas that lead them to destabilize security, destroy souls, and violate sanctity. This is our message and that is our duty.\". <\/p>
From his side, Dr. Khaled Aba Al-Khail, Dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies and Supervisor of the Intellectual Awareness Unit, clarified that the conference will not discuss the \"Sahwa\" (awakening) as a practice and behavior, but rather will discuss it as a thought and conception of religion, saying: \"If we say that the Sahwa brought something new that did not exist in religion before, this means it is an act of innovation in religion. And if we say that it reinforced some practices and behaviors that were present in society, such as charitable and volunteer work, then this is correct. However, what concerns us in the Sahwa is the conception of the Sahwa regarding religion or the form of religiosity it presented to society.\"<\/p>
\"Aba Al-Khail\" added that, regrettably, the Sahwa movement instilled a sense of conflict and a conspiracy-minded mentality in the consciousness of young people, explaining that there is a state of apprehension and hostility towards the state and the scholars of the official institution within the discourse systems of the Sahwa movement due to some imported literature concerning rulers and guardians. He pointed out that this conference will put an end to extremist recruitment that criticizes religious rituals under the pretext of criticizing the Sahwa movement.<\/p>
\"Abu Al-Khail\" believes that one of the biggest problems with the \"Sahwa\" discourse is the promotion of the idea of the Caliphate at the expense of the nation-state, leading to the absence of the state of citizenship and the presence of the state of the Caliphate. He asserts that this is evident in much of their literature, spread through chants and lectures, which has created a generation of young people with an identity crisis. Furthermore, it has made \"religiousness\" a different cultural paradigm, so that the correct stance for some young people became the one opposed to the state, to the point that purely administrative decisions made by the state were transformed in the Sahwa discourse into a state of conspiracy and wrongdoing.
\nThe conference will witness the discussion of more than 20 research papers over two days, addressing several axes and topics, the most important of which are: The term \"Sahwa\": \u00abMeaning and Concept,\" and the formation of Sahwa: \"Origins, Development, Extension,\" in addition to the relationships of Sahwa: \"Currents \u2013 Organizations \u2013 State,\" and the problems of Sahwa: \"Imamate, Caliphate, Religiosity, Apprehension, Extremism, Affiliation, Partisanship.\".<\/p><\/p>
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