Modernization and Islam

Abstract

This article is based on the theory of modernization with bond of tradition and religion in context of Islam and Islamic societies by various modernists. Early scholars argued that modernity and tradition to be mutually exclusive. On the other hand, Most of theorists’ defined modernity and tradition as antagonistic forces but the idea was repealed in 1960s with a theory of relationship between religion (Islam) and modernity which justified that modernity and tradition can coexist and no longer contradictory. Islam has been taken to justify this theory in this article. It is usually supposed that Islam is hurdle in modernization and development. The article attempted to refute the view that Islam is hostile to modernity. The reason for developmental fail is western model of institutions which built have not rooted in, but often contrary to social and religious values that command the allegiance of the masses. It has been end up with a conclusion that modernity cannot be defined absolutely as secularization in case of Islam.