The culmination of Dr. Amin’s intellectual journey is his call for a New Reformist Movement. His lifelong reflection has convinced him that the primary cause of Muslim decline is their estrangement from religion. When institutions of learning and purification (ta‘līm, ḥikmah, and tazkiyah) were corrupted, they ceased to produce the morally upright and capable individuals envisioned by the Qur’ān, leading to civilizational downfall. This decline entails not only worldly humiliation but also ultimate loss in the Hereafter.

He critiques existing religious movements and institutions—political parties (e.g., Jamaat-e-Islami), missionary movements (e.g., Tablīghī Jamā‘at), madrasah systems, modern secular education, Sufi orders, and even militant groups (e.g., al-Qa‘ida, ISIS, TTP)—for their flawed methodologies, partial visions, and, in some cases, manipulation by external forces.

According to Dr. Amin, most such movements are either dazzled by Western secular civilization or trapped in reactionary opposition to it. What is needed, therefore, is a new reformist movement that can correct these deviations and undertake their functions with a sound and balanced methodology.

Only then will the Muslim world produce the kind of individuals Islam envisions—those who embody the faith in their personal lives and collectively give rise to a just, strong, and stable Islamic society and state.

For a deeper understanding of this vision, Dr. Amin’s writings such as:

• A Balanced Concept of Religion in the Modern Age (عصر حاضر میں دین کا متوازن تصور)
• Why Pakistan’s Religious Forces are Ineffective and Unsuccessful?  (پاکسان کی دینی قوتیں غیر مؤثر اور ناکام کیوں؟)
• The Need for a New Reformist Religious Movement (ایک نئی اصلاحی تحریک کی ضرورت)
• and his forthcoming work “Islamic Revival in the Subcontinent: A Story of Failures and the Path to Success”  (برصغیر پاک وہند میں احیائے اسلام کی تحریکیں۔ناکامیاں اور صحیح منحج)are essential reading.