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Cultural and islamic adaptation of psychology a book of collected papers kindle edition by badri malik download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading cultural and islamic adaptation of psychology a book of collected papers. The author of this book is often referred to as the pioneer of the islamization of psychology his famous paper muslim psychologists in the lizards hole read at the 1976 annual conference of the association of muslim social scientists in indianapolis usa and his best selling book the dilemma of muslim psychologists published in london in 1978 have inspired many to. This paper covers major contributions of prominent early muslim scholars to psychology and outlines the challenges faced by todays muslims in adapting to the western theories. The indiscriminate exportation of western psychology to muslim and third world countries can pose serious cultural and ideological dilemmas when the exported commodity from north to south is physical in nature the harm done can easily be identified for example the quick detection of the life threatening birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide when taken during pregnancy or the flaws in