Karimiyah: Journal of Islamic Literature and Muslim Society
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): Karimiyah: Journal of Islamic Literature and Muslim Society

THE INTERNALIZATION OF ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES IN COUNTERING THE DIGITAL GENERATION'S ETHICAL CRISIS: An Integrative Study of Al-Ghazali and Franz Rosenthal's Thought

Ahmad Fauzi Rahmatullah (UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia)
Siti Nurhalimah (UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia)



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22 Jun 2025

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This study investigates strategies for internalizing Islamic moral values as a systematic response to the ethical crisis confronting the digital generation. The proliferation of digital technology has engendered dual consequences: the democratization of knowledge access and the concurrent erosion of moral foundations rooted in Islamic tradition. Employing a qualitative-descriptive approach grounded in critical library research (library research), the study analyzes the ethical thought of Franz Rosenthal as articulated in The Muslim Concept of Freedom (1960) and al-Ghazali's Bidayatul Hidayah (eleventh century, Indonesian edition 2019) as primary theoretical frameworks, triangulated with peer-reviewed empirical literature published between 2018 and 2023. Forty-seven articles meeting rigorous inclusion criteria were subjected to systematic content analysis. Findings reveal that the digital ethics crisis manifests across four interconnected dimensions: moral identity disorientation, online disinhibition, moral consumerism, and attention fragmentation. In response, the study identifies three evidence-based internalization strategies: (1) ta'wid digital systematic ethical habituation aligned with al-Ghazali's methodology of repetitive virtuous practice; (2) uswah hasanah reconstructed role-modeling adapted to the influencer-driven digital ecosystem; and (3) tarbiyah ruhiyah integration of spiritual formation into digital educational curricula. These strategies are synthesized into the Integrative Islamic Moral Internalization Model (MIINMI), a three-layered framework encompassing cognitive-theological, affective-spiritual, and behavioral-habitual dimensions. The study concludes that universal Islamic values amanah, 'adl, ihsan, and tawadu' constitute contextually relevant and empirically supported antidotes to moral degradation in the digital era, offering a transcendent normative grounding that secular character education models lack.

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karimiyah

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Karimiyah Journal of Islamic Literature and Muslim Society is an international open access and peer reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high quality original research in Islamic studies. The journal welcomes manuscripts in Islamic Education, Islamic Economics, Al Quran and Hadith Studies, Fiqh ...