How does society get rid of it?
(philosophical, practical, real-life, etc responses are all welcome - respond with proactive answers).
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by educating.
PS: jahaliyat? you mean 'Ja'haalat' right?
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Proper Education and proper control of society.
Improper education leads to further jahaalat.
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what is "Jahaliyat" I ask for the sake of OhioGuy and suchlike
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Oh, sorry.
Its "Ignorance" - often associated with Barbaric practices/thoughts.
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The correct word is: "Jahaalat"
means: illiteracy, ignorance.
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Ignorance is a relative term. An engineer typically is ignorant of the medical profession. Similarly a Doctor would have no clue how to fix a car engine. Get the drift... so please expound on what you mean by Rid Ignorance from society/humanity. Ignorance of what. A muslim is typically clueless of the trinity concept in christianity same token xtians are still grappling with 72 virgins that are in actuality grapes but they are not... it gets confusing.
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so i guess education is the key
or eating watermelon on a warm day
one of the two
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Strong morals help individuals over come jahalat. Morals can come from religion, education or simple self-awareness.
I could be wrong but I think the word is Arabic and it is in reference to the people of the seventh century. spiritual enlightenment can do wonders.
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By going back to the basics...
The Quran is about social refinement while the Ahadith are about personal refinement...
Teach the Muslims the basics first about personality grooming by making Ahadith a compulsory subject in mid-level classes...
Rights of authority, rights of neighbours, rights to society, rights of family are in there...
Today we are confused because we don't know how to behave...
Proper behaviour must be taught again...
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Education doesn't change a persons mentality..the world is filled with educated people who have committed terrible acts..
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Zakk lala, isn't there a difference between being educated and being literate?
Like we say that increasing the literacy level won't make much difference in our society, we need to educate the masses if we really want to bring about some change.
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hmm, IMHO,
Jahiliyat signifies an era, Daur-e-Jahiliyat. The era/period of ignorance. For example, the Dark Ages, the Arab world before Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)'s birth.
Jahalat on the other hand is a 'state' ... Jahalat kay parwarda, Jahalat main khoy huay, lost in ignorance or being ignorant.
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I agree Minerv..but I find well "educated" people ..as in qualification wise sometimes the most "jahill"
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Zakk, while I agree with you that education doesn't necessarily mean better people, it is a fact that nations around the world who stress on education have fewer problems (of all kind).
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Ignorance is a massive problem, in any civilization. It is well known that nobody can know everything, but life instantly becomes much easier for everyone if the majority of people gain basic knowledge at an early age. People will overcome ignorance in areas, by educating themselves (or by being educated) in the areas in which they lack knowledge. Unfortunately, sometimes this task of educating people is undertaken by someone who possesses the same level of ignorance in the topic as the intended pupil. As a result of this form of "education", the pupil will gain no new knowledge, but will believe a new fiction that is forced upon him or her. He or she may go on to teach this to someone else. This is the stuff of rumour and misunderstanding that also plagues our civilization, and indeed, can even spread ignorance.
Ignorance can always be defined in terms of reality, and very basically, much of what is regarded as "real" can be traced back to the beliefs of the people who originally observed it, even back to the invention of language.
For example, what we would accurately call a "tree", we could also call a "frog". In the English language this would be incorrect, but if we decided to invent and use our own language, and decided that a tree is called a frog, then we would be totally correct in our observation. Anyone who subsequently arrives, and calls the same tree a "tree" could then be regarded as totally ignorant of your own new little language.
Ignorance can only be cured by information, but can never be totally cured, because of the increasingly vast quantity of information that is continually becoming available.
Some peoples' attitude to ignorance is an instant dismissal of the subject, also known as the "Don't Know, Don't Care" reaction. These people have been isolated as examples of those who are most likely to have substituted the quest for knowledge with the well recognised art of bluffing. Is this bad?
Oh, I don't know.
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Romano, I don't care <--- That's arrogance
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by questioning everything you do or see around you
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furthermore, it is about just arabs of the 7th century not about other people in the world. They were much more advanced than the jahil arabs.
Interestingly enough, arabian jahils have still remained jahils…chalo..religion, education and self-awareness..nothing helped. poor sots…