Today, our pilgrims reach a metaphorical crossroad. No, it’s not a mere crossroad; it’s a crossroad which stems into countless other crossroads – an infinite labyrinth. And there are no signs of any signboard to guide them of where to go. And they sit in the middle of the crossroads – void and empty – thinking, which forward is really forward? Which right is really right? If they make a turn, what if what is right is left? And what if what is left is right?
Integration; Islamization – these terms have been frequently heard by our pilgrims ever since their first day at IIUM. But apart from the rigorous chants, the path to realizing these philosophical theories has been unclear.
In one of the lectures, Dr. Rozina introduced the class to the articles by Prof. Dr. Sidek Babak as well as to the ideas of one of IIUM’s renowned scholar of IOK – Dr. Mahmudul Hassan. The thoughts of these great scholars have eased the ‘crossroad dilemma’ for our pilgrims. Yes, there is still a long way to go for our pilgrims; and they still don’t know which turn they should take at the crossroad. But at least, they know, it’s what they make of the path that matter.
Because whatever paths we take in life, it befalls onto ourselves to make each path, a blessed path, a Muslim path.
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