exercise mid term

Have many books do you read in every month? What kind of books? 

QUESTION 1: How do you apply the three stages of Tafakkur on ‘BOOK’?

Stage 1: ____________________________________________________________________
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(1 MARK)
Stage 2: ____________________________________________________________________
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(1 MARK)
Stage 3: ____________________________________________________________________
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(1 MARK)






Rejab: Whenever I try to read a book, it ends up the book reads me! I find reading boring, hence I can fall into snoring easily! Anyway to help me?

QUESTION 2: How do you apply critical and creative thinking to help Rejab?

You:
Critical thinking (2 questions to get more information):
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(1 MARK)
Creative thinking (2 specific non-typical solutions):
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(2 MARKS)

REJAB: Thank you for your suggestions. What will others think about your first suggestion?

QUESTION 3: Do a PMI on your first suggestion. (Drawing a mind-map is allowed, as long as points are understandable phrases) (2 MARKS)

You: ____________________________________________________

REJAB: Hmm… interesting. How about your second suggestion? How do we improve that?

QUESTION 4: Apply the REVERSION technique to improve your second suggestion.(2 reversions)(2 MARKS)

You: ______________________________

 

REJAB: Thanks!However, I think we should listen to gurus more than reading books about Islam because we should have a teacher to guide us. If we learn Islam without a teacher, we are learning from the devil!


QUESTION 5: Do you agree with the underlined statement? Write TWO (2) arguments. The arguments should not exceed 300 words.

PROJECT NOV-DEC 2016

TITLE OF SOLUTION: ISLAM: A TRUE RELIGION FOR ALL

OBJECTIVE: To increase awareness of Islam among muslims and non-Muslim Chinese as a rahmah lil-aalamiin by comparing with Buddhism and Christianity.

METHOD: Online campaign

PROCEDURE:

1) Create a FB group

2) Create two youtube videos with every malay student speaking in Mandarin. One group shall  be comparing Islam with Buddhism. Another group shall be comparing Islam with Christianity. Subtitles in Malay and English shall be made.

3) Marketing the two videos through social media. Number of views and comments in social media are indicators of the degree of awareness.

4) Due to the limitation of time (short sem), two groups shall be helping each other to work out these procedures as only one FB group is allowed. The two videos shall be viralled separately.

BILA GRADUAN WANITA LEBIH GRADUAN LELAKI

fs = female student
ms = male student



CFS YEAR  (10 fs: 9 ms)
Imagine every ms couples with ONE fs but only Rejab refuses to couple with anyone. How many fs are available for Rejab?

ANSWER:  2 fs for Rejab



IIUM MAIN CAMP 1st year (NEW INTAKE  10 fs: 9 ms)
Imagine every NEW ms couples with ONE NEW fs.  How many fs are available for Rejab overall?

ANSWER: 3 fs for Rejab


IIUM MAIN CAMP 2nd year (NEW INTAKE  10 fs: 9 ms)
Imagine every NEW ms couples with ONE NEW fs.  How many fs are available for Rejab overall?

ANSWER: 4 fs for Rejab


IIUM MAIN CAMP 3rd year (NEW INTAKE  10 fs: 9 ms)
Imagine every NEW ms couples with ONE NEW fs.  How many fs are available for Rejab overall?

ANSWER:5 fs for Rejab


IIUM MAIN CAMP 4th year (NEW INTAKE  10 fs: 9 ms)
Imagine every NEW ms couples with ONE NEW fs.  How many fs are available for Rejab overall?

ANSWER: 6 fs for Rejab


OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
a) culturally, a graduate woman will not marry a non-graduate man if male graduates are available for her.
b) culturally, man will not marry a woman older than him if younger girls are available for him.

EXERCISE 1 FOR ALL TOOLS

1) MUN SIEW YEE became a Muslim. A muslim friend told him to choose an Islamic name by changing his name to Hamid Chong Bin Abdullah. SIEW YEE asks your opinion. Use the following thinking tools to help SIEW YEE.

THINKER’S KEY: reverse method
STANDARDS: precision / accuracy / fairness / consistency
FIQH AWLAWIYAT / MAQASID: ________
CORT: OPV/ PMI
BARRIERS: sociocentrism




2) Rejab: Entrance into university must be merit based, not gender based. 

Evaluate this statement based on these thinking tools:

STANDARDS: completeness
THINKER’S KEY: what if / combination
CORT: C&S/PMI
FIQH AWLAWIYAT/MAQASID: _______

BONO CORT 1

BONO CORT 1

PMI   =  PLUS, MINUS, INTERESTING

CAF  = CONSIDER ALL FACTORS

OPV  = OTHER PEOPLE’S VIEWS

C&S  =  CONSEQUENCES AND SEQUELS

AGO =  AIMS, GOALS, OBJECTIVES

APC  = ALTERNATIVES, POSSIBILITIES, CHOICES

FIP    = FIRST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES

SHOULD I ORGANIZE A "TOUCH A DOG" CAMPAIGN?

do PMI

a)why do you like  b)why don’t you like   c)what does it tell you about the culture

a)open people’s minds

b)many will attack me

c)malaysian muslims are ultra sensitive with dog issue but ok with artists’ overlimits

do CAF = Have I considered how to minimize provocation?

do OPV = Have I considered the views of mufti selangor and mufti perlis where both of them have disagreements? Have I considered the views of politicians? Views of marketing gurus? Views of journalists? Views of Mazhab Shafi’e and other mazhabs?

do FIP = Have I considered the maqasid / fiqh awlawiyat?

do C&S = Have I considered short-term (1-2 years), medium term (3-5 years), long term (over 5 years) consequences?

do AGO = I have asked for financial helps to buy dogs and rent a venue in order to organize a touch a dog campaign

 AIM (what the OBJECTIVES need to achieve) = organize touch a dog campaign

GOAL (ultimate/final destination) = open people’s minds

OBJECTIVES (recognisable points of achievement along the way) = ask for financial helps, buy dogs, rent a venue

do APC = Have I considered changing the name of the campaign?

THINKER’S KEYS

1) The REVERSE method
We are always directed to one way thinking, one direction. 
e.g. America is a civilized country.
God exists.

We REVERSE this direction by thinking:
America is NOT a civilized country.
God does NOT exist!


2) The WHAT IF method
We prefer to think in a comfort zone.
e.g. I am a bumiputra in Malaysia. Therefore, I have special privileges.

We ask WHAT IF: WHAT IF ….special privileges shall be taken away after 10 years from now?

3) The DISADVANTAGES method
We always highlight the defects of a thing but do not seek to make improvements.
e.g. We should discourage the culture of polygamy.


We list the disadvantages AND the improvements

disadvantages:  a) men are incapable of fairness
b) male income is insufficient
c) women feel hard to accept

improvements:  a) change the educational system to emphasize on development of quality men
b) increase the number of male student in universities
c) ban movies, cartoons like cinderalla, snow white which emphasis one man-one woman love stories. Rather create cartoons, movies that praise one man-many women love stories.


4)The COMBINATION (qiyas/analogy) method
When we have a problem, we focus only on the specific problem.
e.g. divorce rates have reached an extremely high level.

COMBINE the issue of the growing divorce rates with the issue of the growing number of graduates to find out more why divorce rates have increased so much.

why divorce rates grow: a) couples are too busy working, hence breakdown of communication
b) couples rush into marriage

why the number of graduates grow: a) online open universities make learning far more flexible.
b)  overflow of graduate candidates in the market. A degree becomes a necessity of basic survival nowadays.

When we have combined and make comparison between these 2 issues, we discover new reasons for the rise of divorce rates:

A) too many ONLINE affairs. Affairs become more FLEXIBLE!
B) the MARKET has OVERFLOW of female CANDIDATES. Early marriage becomes a NECESSITY nowadays.



5) The B A R method
B = B-igger
A = A - dd
R = R - eplace


Sometimes we are stuck in creativity.
e.g. storage in my car is small.

Bigger = throw away back seats to make storage BIGGER.
Add = ADD something on the roof of the car to increase storage space
Replace = REPLACE  handles with hangers

FALLACIES: ANSWER TO LATIHANN 1

ANSWER
1) Conclusion: There are many Gods
Premise: there are many races
Assumption: One God can only create One Race.
Fallacy: Questionable Cause: Multiple Races must be CAUSED by many Gods.



2) Conclusion: Religions and prophets are man-made.
Premise: All humans want to control other humans.
Assumption: All humans have insincere ambitions
Fallacy: Personal Attack: Accusing Prophets as having insincere ambitions


3) Conclusion: Religions are not divine
Premise: Religions are man-made
Assumption: Divine knowledge is impossible.
Fallacy: Begging the Question: Being not divine implies being man-made.



4) Conclusion: Unlike other religions, only Islam teach some bad things, e.g. terrorism.
Premise: Many Muslims kill innocent people. e.g. ISIS
Assumption: Muslims represent Islam
Fallacy: Red Herring: the main topic is about the RELIGION of Islam, but diverted to BELIEVERS of Islam (muslims).


5) Conclusion:  non-argument (conditional clause)
Premise: non-argument (conditional clause)
Assumption: The answer can be based on HUMAN judgement which is EITHER "certainly" heaven OR "certainly" hell 
Fallacy: False Alternative




6)Conclusion: Haram to touch a dog
Premise: ustaz at religious department said so.
Assumption: What ever any ustaz at religious department teach about Islam MUST be accurate.
Fallacy: Inappropriate Appeal To Authority



7)Conclusion: Religion intoxicates you.
Premise: Religion is an opium
Assumption: Religion does not motivate a person to deal with real life issues.
Fallacy: Weak Analogy



8)Conclusion: Dogs are najis.
Premise: No hadith that states that dogs are NOT najis.
Assumption: Dogs are BY DEFAULT najis. Any argument against this must supply evidence. I don't have to supply evidence why dogs are BY DEFAULT najis.
Fallacy: Appeal to ignorance

FALLACIES: LATIHAN 1

9. FALLACIES OF RELEVANCE
9.1. Personal Attack
9.2. Look Who’s Talking
9.3. Two Wrongs Make a Right
9.4. Red Herring
9.5. Begging the Question




10. FALLACIES OF INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
10.1. Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
10.2. Appeal to Ignorance
10.3. False Alternative
10.4. Questionable Cause
10.5. Weak Analogy




1)  Rejab: There are many Gods since there are many races.


Conclusion:
Premise:
Assumption:
Fallacy:



2) Awang: Humans desire to control other humans. They want other humans to submit to them. Hence, they create religions and claim to be prophets.



3) Chee Kuan: Religions are man-made.
Lady Gaga: Why?
Chee Kuan: Because it is not divine.



4) Wan Kim Ling: All religions teach goodness except Islam. Islam also teach bad things like terrorism. Many Muslims love to kill innocent people. For example, ISIS.


5) Goh Pei Hoon: I am a Christian. Do you believe that if I die, I shall CERTAINLY go to heaven or hell?


6) Wong Poh Chee: I don't want to become a Muslim in view of the fact that Islam does not allow me to touch my beloved puppy called Lucky.

Shafie: Who told you this?

Wong Poh Chee: One Malay Ustaz teaching muallafs at the Islamic department.




7) Low Eng Huat: Religion is an opium. This is why it intoxicates you and makes you forget about real issues in life.


8) Wahab: Since you believe that dog is not najis, then supply a hadith where the Prophet said explicitly that dogs are NOT najis!