Schlagwort-Archive: Rezension

(English) William C. Chittick: Ibn ’Arabi: Heir to the prophets

(English) William C. Chittick’s book Ibn ’Arabi: Heir to the prophets is part of the series Makers of the Muslim World to be published between May 2005 and May 2009 featuring over 50 volumes. Each volume will consider the life, work and legacy of a man or woman who has shaped the course of Muslim history by his or her contribution to the political, social, cultural, religious or intellectual Muslim landscape.

(English) Tobias Mörschel (Ed.): Does Faith make Politics?

(English) Does faith pursue a policy? Whoever follows the last years of US-american policy or reflect upon Islam and its future role in Europe can hardly avoid this question. This book addresses the question in light of sociological models in the context of a transatlantic comparison.

(English) Beltheshazzar & Abednego: The Mosque and its Role in Society

(English) The building of new mosques in traditional European cities does not only change and affect the landscape but also sets a signal for a lasting presence of a religion which will not be satisfied to publicly only address issues relating to religion affairs, but rather wants to be a religion which will increasingly be an impressive and decisive voice in societal and political matters. The authors of this small booklet entitled “The Mosque and its Role in Society” are concerned to present a concise treaty to inform about the self-understanding of Islam.

(English) Irshad Manji: The trouble with Islam: A wake-up call for honesty and change

(English) An amazing book! It starts with an open letter to Muslims and Irshad Manji’s honest confession about her struggles with Islam. In spite of calling herself a Muslim refusenik (www.mus lim-refusenik.com) she does not desire to leave Islam; but neither is she prepared to close her eyes to the problems and troubles with Islam.

(English) David Cook: Understanding Jihad

(English) “Islam is peace”. This sentence could be heard especially frequently after September 11 th , 2001, from groups within organized Islam in Germany. It was said that there was no “holy war” in Islam, that “jihad” was to be understood as a moral-spiritual “effort” to walk “on the path of God” (“Great Jihad”). It was proclaimed that Islam abhors every kind of violence against human beings, apart from the right to self-defense (“Small Jihad”). The word “Islam”, of course, has the same linguistic root (s-l-m) as the word “salam” (peace), but is really a different word, and means “submission, devotion”.

Rezension: Die dunklen Anfänge

Über etliche Jahrzehnte hinweg ist innerhalb der Orientalistik wenig grundlegend Neues zur Deutung der Enstehungszeit des Islam vorgeschlagen worden, und das, obwohl viele grundlegende Fragen weitgehend unbeantwortet sind. Eine wissenschaftliche Studie zu dem Problem, wie die heute überall verwendete Standardausgabe des Korantextes von 1924 zustande kam, die die großen Lücken unseres Nichtwissens auch nur einigermaßen schließen könnte, existiert z.B. bis heute nicht. Es ist zwar anhand unserer Wissensgrundlagen von mehreren Rezensionen, von ehemals existierenden Textvarianten oder, wie manche annehmen, sogar von verschiedenen Autoren des Korantextes auszugehen. Insgesamt aber existiert zu diesen eminent wichtigen Fragen kaum Forschungsliteratur: