Three Great Psychology Lecturers

Somehow, I feel some sort of funny. I have been learning psychology along this time in this university. Alhamdulillah, I have learnt so much, yet I’m sure there’s still so much as well to be learnt. Particularly from these great lecturers, who come from two extreme madzhab, if I may say.

One from Islamic religious background, while another from the oldest western school of thought of psychology, Freudian. The Islamic one totally opposes Freud, the other one totally adore him. Luckily, unexpectedly, I learn psychology from both of them. I’ve never thought before that I could meet a Freudian. Kind of upset at first, yet I feel so blessed now. Opss… not because I become a Freudian, but because I learn another side of Freudian.

The first great lecture, he was really great indeed. A Prominent Muslim psychologist of this century If I may say. Prof. Malik Badri. I was so blessed to be one of his student few years back during my degree. From his book, Dilemma of Muslim Psychologist, I then knew what went wrong with western psychology.

Prof. Malik Badri*

Another great lecturer was Dr. Alizi. He introduced us how psychology (western literally) and Islamic teaching can work together. He showed us the beautiful of Islam in the eyes of psychology, and vice versa. He made us to think that Islam and psychology is actually close. And he really made me wanting to learn about Islam more. Both of them really put a strong Islamic psychological foundation upon me at the end.

Dr. Alizi Alias*

Then come another year of seeking knowledge process. Allah allowed me to meet Prof. N and learnt from him. He’s totally Freudian, and he declared it proudly at the beginning of the class. Me, I was kind of shock. I mean, all this long I’ve always picture in my mind some sort of bad image of graduated-western psychologist. And still couldn’t believe that in the so-called Islamic university, we have western, or to be more precise, Freudian lecturer. Godness….

Yet after all, it’s not as bad as I thought. I enjoyed it so much. I liked him, I mean as lecturer, and enjoyed his class so much. Yes he is Freudian, he teach us about Freudian school of thought, even up until now. But he also admitted that after he joined in this university, he also learnt so much about Islam. In his class, he always tries to insert the Islamic values/teaching in his lecturer as much as He know, and asked us to help him, to correct or to add upon it.   

So far I can remember, I never miss the class of these three great lecturers. More Less, they made me what I am now. I'd like to express my gratitude and thanking them for teaching and helping me understand about psychology, both from Islam & western perspectives. 

Jazakumullah kher my lecturers,

May Allah always blesses you...