The Contribution of Islamic University of Andalusia to Revival Western World

Abstract

This article is discussing about the contribution of Islamic University of Andalusia to revival Western World. The objective of this article is to describe the progress of western civilization as a result of the contribution of Islamic University in Andalusia. This article were discussed with historical method, those were the efforts to reconstruct the past time of the study object. Meanwhile, in collecting the data, the author used the library research to explore and study the relevant resources, books and any supporting writings. The results that found by the writer such as the contributions of Islamic universities to revival the Western world consist of orbiting a formidable human resources. Their existence is not only in the field of intellectual maturity but also the depth of morality. Not a bit of Spanish Islamic university alumni who came from non-Muslims, and when finished learning period, they returned to their countries and established colleges. Several universities in Europe in the late Middle Ages born of the spirit-Spanish Muslim intellectual who transformed through western students whom studying at Islamic universities in Andalusia. From here, the scientific and philosophical traditions of thought penetrated into the European world.