Religion 299

Constitution et religion dans les Etats musulmans (1)

Lorsqu’on évoque la constitution et la religion dans les Etats musulmans, les concepts -ou même parfois simplement les termes- deviennent tellement à contenu ou à portée variable, qu’ils finissent par paraître rebelles aux définitions, voire même aux délimitations. Cela semble être vérifiable s’agissant de l’Etat musulman, de la constitution et de la reli […].

We Urgently Need Religious Reform

The moderate Islamic thinker Muhammad Shahrur’s contemporary interpretation of the Koran has attracted a lot of attention. In an interview with Ahmad Hissou, he calls for a religious reform of Islam, which he considers even more important than political reforms. Muhammad Shahrur, how has the Arab Islamic world changed in the three years since the terrori […].

Re-colonizing Iraq

On 15 February 2003, over eight million people marched on the streets of five continents against a war that had not yet begun. This first truly global mobilization—unprecedented in size, scope or scale—sought to head off the occupation of Iraq being plotted in the Pentagon On 15 February 2003, over eight million people marched on the streets of five cont […].

Shoul Physicians Prescribe Religious Activities ?

There is increasing interest among the general public and the medical community in the role of religion in medicine. Polls indicate that the U.S. population is highly religious; most people believe in heaven and hell, the healing power of prayer, and the capacity of faith to aid in the recovery from disease. There is increasing interest among the general […].

Re : La démonstration par l’absurde.

Je te réponds sur TNZ et NW puisque tu as posté comme on sème à tout vent La puce excitée (qui a un coeur d’or, soit dit en passant) m’a proposé de faire un test : demander au(x) premier(s) venu(s) s’ils connaissaient untel ou tel autre des figures auxquelles nous sommes habitués sur le net. Inutile. C’était une belle provocation de sa part : essai trans […].

The Clash of civilizations.

This article does not argue that civilization identities will replace all other identities, that nation states will disappear, that each civilization will become a single coherent political entity, that groups within a civilization will not conflict with and even fight each other. THE NEXT PATTERN OF CONFLICT World politics is entering a new phase, and […].

Types of Religiosity.

Identical words often misinform Believer and unbeliever seem identical in form Take words alone and many a feud follows Once meaning enters, calm follows Errors of judgement often arise from the fact that a single term can carry multiple meanings or a single meaning can go under different names. Reaching uniform judgements about those multiple meaning […].

Sheikh Muhammad At-Tâhir Ibn `Âshûr

Article traduit de l’arabe par Hachem et mis en ligne sur le site islamophile.org Sources de l’article en arabe : Akhbar.tn, Islamonline.net, Nahdha.net et la préface d’Al-Mahdî Ibn Hamîdah à l’Exégèse de la Libération et de l’Illumination de Sheikh Ibn `Âshûr, téléchargeable en ligne sur le site Tafsir.net. Muhammad At-Tâhir Ibn `Âshûr (1879 – 1973) […].