CIVILIZATIONAL DIALOGUE ACCORDING TO SHEIKH MUHAMMAD BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-MANA

Abstract

The study discussed Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana’s efforts in the field of civilizational dialogue and the ingredients maintained by him  that render him assume a high stand in this aspect along applications and forms of his jurisprudence- may God have mercy on him- that denotes his compliance with a clear approach towards civilizational dialogue. The study aims at highlighting the landmarks of civilizational dialogue according to Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana along giving an excerpt of his biography and efforts that denote his high stand in this aspect. The central problem of this study rests on the extent of Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana’s relation with civilizational dialogue.  The study arrived at several results most significant is that Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana maintains several qualities that render him a pioneer in the field of civilizational dialogue inclusive of: freedom from fanaticism, imitation, and moderation. Additionally, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana exerted efforts in the field of civilizational dialogue such as his efforts in confrontation of Christianization and his contributions towards reformation of education and curricula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for coping with learning foreign languages which was  deemed a reason for the effectiveness of civilizational dialogue within Muslim societies. The same denoted his real practice in this field. The study follows two approaches of scientific research namely: the descriptive approach and analytical approach. The two researchers gave a general description of landmarks of civilizational dialogue according to Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mana and mentioned some salient efforts exerted in the field of civilizational dialogue according to him and they analyzed and revised them in conformity with the proposed plan for arriving at the aspired outcome.