In facing a very challenging passage in time, Muslims need to possess a strong self-identity in order to progress together with the contemporary demands without sacrificing sacred religious values. Hence, this study aimed to explore Nursi's ideas related to the instilling of noble values as an element of self-identity. This qualitative study applied the content analysis method to achieve the objectives of the study. The findings showed that applying noble values is important in ensuring that the Islamic society continues to be relevant to its Islamic identity besides helping the country to maintain a level of inter-racial harmony. It also plays a role as an instrument for dakwah, especially for the non-Muslim community.

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The civilisational dialogue concept has long been discussed by the world's society, especially the academia. Hence, the success of assimilating this concept in the inter-civilisation context (Islam, West, China, India etc.) is far from fruition. This qualitative study aimed to investigate several issues pertaining to this concept by using the content analysis method on relevant sources of data. Findings indicate three issues that were discussed, namely the relationship between a dialogue and a debate, interfaith or inter-religious dialogue in the civilisation dialogue concept and sensitive issues in civilisational dialogue are not big issues that can jeopardise the implementation of the civilisation dialogue concept if it is examined and viewed positively and prudently.

Studies on Islamic figures in Central Asia are still lacking although the region holds various treasures related to Islamic knowledge, including knowledge on civilizations and the struggle of the Muslims. Hence, this study aims to highlight the biography of an early Islamic figure who came from the Mongol empire named Berke Khan. This qualitative study applied the content analysis design based on several relevant sources. Findings indicate that Berke Khan was an Islamic figure and a pioneer in the history of the development and struggle of Muslims who lived in the Mongol empire.

This paper aims to trace the history of how al-Asha‘irah emerged, factors that contributed to its development, prominent figures in this stream, and the stream’s method of proving with dalil (reasoning based on analogy). This stream was founded by ‘Ali Ibn Isma‘il Ibn Ishaq Ibn Salim Ibn Isma‘il Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Musa Ibn Bilal Ibn Abi Burdah Ibn Abi Musa al-Ash‘ari. The stream employed two methods of proving with dalil. They referred to naqli dalil, which refers to the Quran and hadith, and they employed sensible dalil to strenghten the reasoning obtained from the Quran and hadith.   Keywords: Al- Asha‘irah, methodology, school of thought.   Artikel ini bertujuan melakukan sorotan tentang sejarah kemunculan aliran al-Asha‘irah, faktor-faktor yang menyumbang kepada perkembangannya, tokoh-tokoh aliran ini serta metodologi pendalilannya. Aliran ini diasaskan oleh ‘Ali Ibn Isma‘il Ibn Ishaq Ibn Salim Ibn Isma‘il Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Musa Ibn Bilal Ibn Abi Burdah Ibn Abi Musa al-Ash‘ari. Aliran ini menggunakan dua metodologi pendalilan iaitu dalil naqli dengan merujuk kepada al-Qur’an dan hadith, dan penggunaan dalil akal bagi memperkuatkan pendalilan yang diambil dari al-Qur’an dan hadit.   Kata kunci: Al- Asha‘irah, metodologi, aliran pemikiran, argumentasi