[…] وندبروا من بعد شعبين …ثلاثة…متاع كل يوم…، نمشيوا بيهم مصالحنا وهوكة الواحد عينو ميزانو… اللي نهبطوه للكورة ما نخليوهش يمشي للمهرجانات ، واللي متاع نهار الجمعة ما نكلفوهش بالبيرووات …أمّــــــالة ، التخليط …لا…. موش باهي لا ليهم لا لينا ، ماذابينا لا يقابلوا بعضهم لا يوليوا فرد عوايد وفرد تركيزة كلام وهيا وينك هواني ولا هم يحزنون […]
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“Terre promise texane”, sur les traces de Columbia!
“Le préjugé foncier est de croire que l’ordre, la clarté la méthode doivent tenir à l’être vrai des choses, alors […]
Dear Mr. Z.A.B.A
I am pleased to inform you that I received your letter, the one you sent to the younger Tunisians around the world through http://www.pactejeunesse.tn, asking me and my fellow Tunisians to work together on coming up with ideas for a brighter future.
Through this letter, I will try to tackle the prime and most lucrative sector for all nations through the history of humanity: Education.
Entretien avec Raouf Ben Yaghlane
“Désolé de ne pas pouvoir me présenter comme il le faut car je viens de découvrir que je ne sais pas qui je suis au juste…” C’est ainsi que Raouf Ben Yaghlane se présente sur son nouveau blog. Alors vous comprenez que pour moi qui voulais à travers ce billet le présenter à la blogosphère, c’est un peu raté ! […]
Soutien à Jalila Baccar et Fadhel Jaïbi
Soutien à Jalila Baccar et Fadhel Jaïbi auteur dramatique et metteur en scène tunisiens Nous apprenons qu’en Tunisie la commission consultative dite d’orientation théâtrale a recommandé la censure de la pièce Khamsoun(“Corps otages”).
From Islam as an Identity to Secular Politics
A religious intellectual is more concerned with religious truths than with religion as an identity. The Islam of religious intellectuals is the Islam of truths and the question of an identity is peripheral to this. A religious intellectual must, first and foremost, concern himself with faith, religious experience, differing religious readings and creating […].
المشهد الثقافي في إيران
يعد كتاب* المشهد الثقافي في إيران للكاتب العراقي عبد الجبار الرفاعي من أهم ما صدر لرصد الحركة الثقافية والفكرية في إيران، ورغم أهميته فلم ينل ما يستحقه من قراءة واهتمام… وفي هذا المقال مراجعة للكتاب منذ لحظة التكوين الأولى للفكر العربي الإسلامي وانطلاقا من ظهور الإسلام والنص النازل في القرن الأول الهجري، راحت تطرح الأسئلة الكلامية والفلسفية لتتبلو […].
كيف يتحدد مفهوم الانسان، أو يتجلى في الفكر الاسلامي؟
وكمقدمة لدراسة مثل هذا الموضوع، سوف أطرح الأسئلة الثلاثة التالية: 1 ـ كيف تنبثق مشكلة الانسان بصفتها حقيقة ضخمة لا يحاط بها في المجتمعات الاسلامية المعاصرة؟ 2 ـ ما التجهيزات الفكرية والمصادر العلمية التي يمتلكها الفكر الاسلامي المعاصر من أجل تقديم الأجوبة الجديدة للمشاكل المطروحة: أقصد الأجوبة التي تراعي، في آن معاً، التعاليم الإيجابية للتراث والضر […].
A Clash of Cultures or a Debate on Europe’s Values?
The murder of Theo van Gogh in the Netherlands (2 November 2004) represents a recent example of how westernized Muslims and converts have been implicated in acts associated with Islamic radicalism in Europe. Despite widespread interpretations that Islamic radicalization represents the failure of the multiculturalists approach vis-à-vis Muslim immigrants, r […].
The Adab of Dissent and Dialogue
Professor Khalid Masud is perhaps one of the most universally-acclaimed Islamic scholars of Pakistan. Himself a product of both traditional madrasa and modern university education, he has researched and written extensively about the development of Islamic law and Muslim political-legal thought. As the former Academic Director of the International Institute […].
“MCMonde”
« Où finit la culture et où commence le commerce ? – Je dois plaider l’incompétence en la matière. » [2] « L’entrée dans l’ère post-coloniale inverse dans l’ensemble du système des Nations unies le rapport de forces entre les pays du Sud et ceux du Nord. L’Unesco devient l’épicentre des débats sur l’échange inégal et l’ ” impérialisme cult […].
“What the Muslim World Needs More Than Ever Is a Culture of Dignity”
Conversation with Chandra Muzaffar (1). by Farish A. Noor (2) Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse, complex and dynamic parts of the world today. Up till the financial collapse of the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia in 1997, the region witnessed double-digit annual economic growth and sociocultural transformation on […].
“We need new intellectual tools for the age we live in”.
Conversation with Ebrahim Moosa (1). by Farish A. Noor (2) You are mostly known for the work that you have done on contemporary Muslim thought and Muslim thinkers of the 20 t h century. Yet despite the enormous changes that have taken place all over the Muslim world, we see that Muslim intellectual activity has arrived at an impasse. Muslim societies se […].
An Introduction to the Public & Private Debate in the Islamic Culture
Religion, in particular among the cultural components, is one of the most influential factors in determining the extent of public and private spheres. Religions descending from Abraham (i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam) give rise to the human identity, through emphasis on the private life of the individual. What is the extent of privacy in the Islamic […].
Globalisation and the Future of Islamic Civilisation
Let me begin with civilisation. A British philosopher, Bertrand Russel, once said ’civilisation was born out of the pursuit of luxury’. Because luxury was pursued you ended up with great works, music, the Palace of Versailles, the Taj Mahal etc. Then much closer to our times you had civilisation interpreted more in economic terms, and you had Adam Smith vi […].
Cultures in the 21st Century: Conflicts and Convergences.
Delivered at Colorado College February 4, 1999. Introduction I am greatly honored by and deeply grateful for the opportunity to address this important assembly concerned with the role of culture in the coming century. Let me begin by congratulating Dean Fuller, Professor Carter, and their associates on two points. First, I congratulate them on the 125th […].
« Le monde musulman face à une crise culturelle »
Dans cet entretien riche en observations et réflexions, Olivier Roy évoque la genèse et l’évolution de sa recherche et de ses analyses sur les recompositions de l’islam contemporain. Et l’auteur de L’Islam mondialisé nous explique pourquoi, bien plus qu’une confrontation Islam-Occident, c’est une crise de la culture au sein du monde musulman qui se trouve […].
Tariq Ramadan, mythologie de la Umma et résistance culturelle*.
Tariq Ramadan suscite depuis le 11 septembre une farouche hostilité qui ne s’embarrasse plus des formalismes de la critique. Droite, gauche, tous courants confondus, se retrouvent pour voir en lui un personnage démoniaque, expert en communication et en double-langage. Tariq Ramadan suscite depuis le 11 septembre une farouche hostilité qui ne s’embarrasse […].
