Uislamu, WAISLAMU, NA KANUNI YA UCHAGUZI I N MASHARIKI YA KATI
| Agosti 17, 2010 | Maoni 0
James Piscatori
Kwa wazo ambalo wakati eti umefika, Òdemokrasia hufunika hali ya kushangaza
idadi ya maswali ambayo hayajajibiwa na, katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, imezalisha
kiasi cha ajabu cha joto. Je, ni neno maalum la kitamaduni, kutafakari Magharibi
Uzoefu wa Ulaya kwa karne kadhaa? Do non-Western societies possess
their own standards of participation and accountabilityÑand indeed their own
rhythms of developmentÑwhich command attention, if not respect? Does Islam,
with its emphasis on scriptural authority and the centrality of sacred law, allow
for flexible politics and participatory government?
The answers to these questions form part of a narrative and counter-narrative
that themselves are an integral part of a contested discourse. The larger story
concerns whether or not ÒIslamÓ constitutes a threat to the West, and the supplementary
story involves IslamÕs compatibility with democracy. The intellectual
baggage, to change the metaphor, is scarcely neutral. The discussion itself has
become acutely politicised, caught in the related controversies over Orientalism,
the exceptionalism of the Middle East in particular and the Muslim world in general,
and the modernism of religious ÒfundamentalistÓ movements.
Filed Chini: Algeria • Misri • Featured • Hamas • Jordan • Jordan MB • Muslim Brotherhood • Mpya Sufi Harakati • Palestina • Masomo & Tafiti • Syria • Syria MB
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