Major Doctrinal and Intellectual Challenges for the Islamic Culture Course in the Universities

Objectives: This study describes today's major doctrinal and intellectual threats that the Islamic Culture course in our universities should prepare students to address. These threats include atheism and the disconnection between belief and its practical implementation. How do we confront these threats? How do we transform our beliefs, values, and authentic customs from a state of stagnation into a culture guiding the behaviour of our youth? Methodology: This study employs descriptive and analytical methods to present and clarify the most important doctrinal and intellectual threats to today's Islamic culture, listing commonly proposed remedies for protecting our youth from these dangers. Top of Form Results: Our Islamic culture still faces numerous threats in this era of globalisation, the most dangerous being doctrinal and intellectual. The disconnection between belief and its practical implementation and the emergence of new forms of atheism are doctrinal threats that we must address by establishing a solid theological groundwork. Misconceptions about the relationship between religion and the world in which we live and the concept of freedom in Islam represent intellectual threats that require further elaboration of the stance of the Sharia on these issues. Originality: This study's scientific value lies in identifying today's major doctrinal and intellectual threats to our Islamic culture, particularly the contemporary threat of atheism. It elucidates the seriousness of these threats and their characteristics, listing the most commonly proposed remedies to confront them and achieve resilience and immunity for our university students.