Global Virus, International Lamas: Tibetan Religious Leaders in the Face of the Covid-19 Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 179-220
Author(s):  
Miguel Álvarez Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Face

scholarly journals THE INEVITABILITY OF CORRUPTION FOR A STABLE PAKISTANI SOCIETY IN THE LIGHT OF QURAN & SUNNAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ahmad Raza ◽  
Dr. Hidayat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
The Face ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Day By Day

Corruption is a dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people such as government officials or police officers. [i]Corruption is a distraction to the face of society, and society has become a victim of recent misery. Every other person in our society is suffering from this disease. Political leaders, religious leaders, teachers, judges, employees, businessmen and the masses are suffering from this disease. While it is true to some extent that some political leaders have set records of corruption, it is not right to put it on the politicians alone. Corruption has reached its peak in every sector and institution here. Due to corruption, the wealth of the particular classes is increasing day by day and there is no one to hold them accountable. In such a dire situation, the oppressed and the masses are being humiliated in the oppression mill. Therefore, this curse should be abolished by Pakistani society and individuals should play their full role in the society as a whole. The key question is: What are the pros and cons of corruption in Pakistan and how is it possible for stability in the light of Islamic teachings to end corruption? Recommendations have also been compiled at the conclusion of the dissertation.

scholarly journals Manajemen Pengorganisasian Dakwah : Strategi Lembaga Dakwah MWC NU Kaliwungu dalam Mengatasi Tantangan Globalisasi

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Nur Aenatul Khoria
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Organizational Management ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Online Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media

This study aims to determine the management of the da'wah organization at MWC NU Kaliwungu and the strategy of the NU da'wah institution in overcoming the challenges of globalization. This study uses a da'wah science approach that focuses on the management principles of the da'wah organization. The data collection was obtained through an interview and library process that utilized reference sources in the form of books, journals, and other articles, both printed and online. Data analysis followed the Miles and Huberman model. The results of this study indicate that: First, the management of da'wah organization at MWC NU Kaliwungu in developing its da'wah tasks applies organizational management based on the forms of division of tasks. Second, the da'wah strategy carried out by MWC NU Kaliwungu in the face of the global industrial market which has begun to penetrate the Kaliwungu area which is marked by the establishment of KIK (Kendal Industrial Area), is more focused on reinforcing the teachings of NU's and Aswaja's to the public. . Therefore, the scholars developed a da'wah strategy through mental and spiritual strengthening activities with 1 billion sholawat with the community in each branch, held Lailatul Ijtima' regularly with religious leaders in the Kaliwungu- Kendal area, and used the media for da'wah by establishing cooperation with Radio Citra Kendal to be transferred to the MWC NU Da'wah Building.

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN PLURALISME MELALUI KURIKULUM PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM BERBASIS KEMAJEMUKAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Mutakallim .
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Philosophical Perspective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Perennial Philosophy ◽  
The People ◽  
Lasting Peace ◽  
The Face ◽  
Exciting Effect

Experts and religious leaders have tried everything in order to create an intimate and harmonious relationship between religious people in this famous, very pluralistic country of Indonesia. Through writings both books, magazines, journals and even through seminars and pulpits of sermons always suggest the importance of cooperation and dialogue between religious groups. Although it seems, their suggestions have not had such an exciting effect. To gain success for the realization of the noble goal of lasting peace and brotherhood among people who in reality have different religions and faiths, it is necessary to have the courage to invite them to make changes in the field of education, especially through a diversity-based curriculum. Because, through a curriculum like this, it is possible to be able to dismantle the theology of each religion which has tended to be displayed exclusively and dogmatically. A theology which usually only claims that only religion can build worldly welfare and usher in humans in God's heaven. The doors and rooms of heaven are only one that cannot be opened and entered except with the religion that he embraces. Even though such aology, we must admit, is something that is very worrying and can disturb the harmony of the people of religions in the present pluralistic era. An era in which all societies with all their elements are required to be interdependent and collect their fate together in order to create lasting peace. Here lies the challenge for religion (including Islam) to re-define itself in the midst of other religions. Or by borrowing the language John Lyden, an expert on religions, is "what should I think about other religions than one’s own? What should a Muslim think about non-Muslims. Is it still as an enemy or as a friend. Of course there is still the presumption of one religion with another as an enemy. It must be thrown away. Isn't in fact all of us as brothers and friends? Islam through the Qur'an and its Hadith teaches tolerant attitudes. In addition, the importance of reforming the PAI curriculum by presenting the face of tolerant Islam can be explained from the point of view of perennial philosophy, essentialism and progressiveness. In the view of perennialism the curriculum is "construct" which is built to transfer what has happened in the past to the next generation to be preserved, continued or developed. While in the philosophical perspective of progressivism, the position of the curriculum is to build a future life in which the past, present, and various plans for the development and development of the nation are used as the basis for developing future life. From this it is possible to teach the principles of humanist, democratic and equitable Islamic teachings to students. A principle of Islamic teachings that is very relevant to enter the future of the world which is characterized by the existence of cultural and religious diversity.

scholarly journals Influence of religious leaders in the health-disease process

10.3823/2289 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elton Lima Macêdo ◽  
Luciana Dantas Farias de Andrade ◽  
Samara Rayane Ferreira Azevêdo Martins ◽  
Maria Vitória De Souza Medeiros ◽  
Débora Thaise Freires de Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Process ◽  
Dialectical Materialism ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
High Complexity ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Divine Justice ◽  
The Face

Introduction: Religion has helped the lower classes to raise the perspective of "divine justice" in the struggle for survival by allowing their believers to seek, in their practices, under the influence of religious leaders, the main guidelines to alleviate the suffering from the health-disease process. Objective: Unveil the limits and potentialities of religious leaders' influence on the health-disease process. Materials and Methods: Exploratory-type research, with a qualitative approach, based methodologically on the Historical Dialectical Materialism. For the data analysis, one used the discourse analysis technique proposed by Fiorin. Results: From the empirical universe, two analytical categories emerged: (1. Limits and possibilities of religious influence in relation to the health-disease process; 2. Vulnerabilities of the Unified Health System and the complementarity of religion: Interfaces of the health-disease process in postmodernity), in which religious practices, institutions and leaders express positively health care in the face of the disease process. However, the religious leader's power relations over the community and religious fanaticism make the search for religion to have a negative influence on people's health-disease process. Conclusion: Religious leaders encourage the complementarity between religion and medicine only at times when their believers need medium and high-complexity assistance, showing little attention to the preventive aspects of self-care, which reinforces the need to invest in new studies in the area.

The Reading & Interpretation of Matthew 18:21-22 in Relation to Multiple Reconciliations: The Zimbabwean Experience

Exchange ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Machingura
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The Face ◽  
Different Shapes ◽  
Unconditional Forgiveness ◽  
Reading Interpretation

AbstractThe mention of the terms ‘healing, truth and reconciliation’, conjure up different meanings across religio-political, social and economical divide in Zimbabwe. This paper seeks to explore the possible implications of the reading of Matthew 18:21-22 in relation to reconciliation in the face of continual and structural violence in Zimbabwe. This rose as a result of the multiple reconciliation undertakings that have been witnessed by the Zimbabweans since the attainment of Independence in 1980. These healing whistles have been sounded in 1980, 1987 and recently 2008 after the brutal violence that took place in different shapes and depth. Most of the victims belonged to both political parties but mostly opposition parties save the violence before Independence as shall be shown in this paper. What is interesting is that, the recent 24-26 July 2009 healing calls by Mugabe are no longer a new phenomenon in Zimbabwe, as they do not produce any positive change on people’s behaviour and attitude; when it comes to how Zimbabwean people should relate and integrate each other without resorting to violence in the face of different political views. Surprisingly the calls for peace, unity, reconciliation, integration and forgiveness have left the Zimbabwean society more: wounded, divided and polarised than healed; and more disintegrated than integrated. How does one reconcile with someone who murdered your father, raped your mother or sister in your face; and that person is not made accountable for his actions but is only asked to apologize? This paper seeks to argue that healing or any reconciliation without the seeking of truth and justice is a goose chasing as it still leaves Zimbabwe a ‘violence infested’ country. I also take issue with Religious Leaders who quote Matthew 18:21-22; as a precursor for unconditional forgiveness on the part of the victim when it comes to reconciliation and healing in Zimbabwe.

Repression and endurance: anathematized Hindu and Sikh women of Afghanistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 628-645
Author(s):  
Hafizullah Emadi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face

Hindus and Sikhs, longtime minority religious communities in Afghanistan, have played a major role in the social, cultural, and economic development of the country. Their history in Afghanistan has not been faithfully documented nor relayed beyond the country's borders by their resident educated strata or religious leaders, rendering them virtually invisible and voiceless within and outside of their country borders. The situation of Hindu and Sikh women in Afghanistan is significantly more marginalized socially and politically. Gender equality and women's rights were central to the teachings of Guru Nanak, but gradually became irrelevant to the daily lives of his followers in Afghanistan. Hindu and Sikh women have sustained their hope for change and seized any opportunity presented to play a role in the process. Active participants in the social, cultural, and religious life of their respective communities as well as in Afghanistan's government, their contributions to social changes and the political process have gone mostly unnoticed and undocumented as their rights, equality, and standing in the domestic and public arena in Afghanistan continue to erode in the face of continuous discrimination and harassment.

scholarly journals Epidemia zika vírus: influência da religião/espiritualidade em gestantes e puérpera

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Luciana Dantas Farias de Andrade ◽  
Emanuelle Morais dos Santos ◽  
Janaína De Medeiros Lima Almeida ◽  
Ana Carolina Dantas Rocha Cerqueira ◽  
Carolina Pereira da Cunha Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Religious Leader ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Face ◽  
Virus Zika ◽  
Empirical Material

RESUMOObjetivo: conhecer a concepção de profissionais da saúde, líderes religiosos, gestantes e puérpera acerca da influência da religião/espiritualidade perante a epidemia Zika vírus. Método: estudo qualitativo, fundamentado no Materialismo Histórico Dialético (MHD). A coleta de material empírico foi feita por meio de entrevistas realizadas com 19 participantes que, a partir da transcrição dos fragmentos de fala, foi feita a depreensão dos temas principais, agrupados em blocos de significação que originaram as categorias empíricas, analisadas pela Técnica de Análise de Discurso. Resultados: os profissionais enfatizaram o atendimento alopático, gestantes e puérpera apresentam comportamentos vulneráveis à epidemia Zika vírus e a atuação espiritual do líder religioso está limitada aos dogmas da religião. Conclusão: a concepção dos profissionais da saúde é tecnicista e não reconhecem a influência da religião/espiritualidade no contexto da epidemia Zika vírus. Gestantes e puérpera enfatizam a influência da religião/espiritualidade em suas vidas, reforçada pelos depoimentos dos líderes religiosos, o que leva à conclusão que a religião/espiritualidade tem demonstrado oferecer meios que auxiliam o enfrentamento da condição patológica, como na epidemia Zika vírus, e pode complementar a atuação tecnicista apresentada pelos profissionais da saúde. Descritores: Zika Vírus; Microcefalia; Espiritualidade; Religião; Pessoal de Saúde; Gestantes.ABSTRACTObjective: to know the conception of health professionals, religious leaders, and pregnant and puerperal women about the influence of religion/spirituality in the face of the Zika virus epidemic. Method: qualitative study based on Dialectical Historical Materialism (DHM). The empirical material was collected through interviews with 19 participants. The main themes emerging from the transcription of the speech fragments were grouped into blocks of meaning and gave rise to the empirical categories analyzed by the Discourse Analysis Technique. Results: the professionals emphasized allopathic care. The pregnant and puerperal women presented behaviors vulnerable to the Zika virus epidemic and the spiritual performance of the religious leader was limited to religious dogmas. Conclusion: the conception of health professionals is technicist and does not recognize the influence of religion/spirituality in the context of the Zika virus epidemic. Pregnant and puerperal women emphasize the influence of religion/spirituality on their lives, reinforced by the testimonies of religious leaders, which leads to the conclusion that religion/spirituality may offer means to help to cope with pathological conditions, as in the case of the Zika virus epidemic, and can complement the technicist performance of health professionals. Descriptors: Zika Virus; Microcephaly; Spirituality; Religion; Health Personnel.RESUMENObjetivo: conocer la concepción de profesionales de la salud, líderes religiosos, gestantes y puerperas acerca de la influencia de la religión/espiritualidad frente a la epidemia virus Zika. Método: estudio cualitativo, fundamentado en el Materialismo Histórico Dialético (MHD). La recolección de material empírico fue hecha por medio de entrevistas realizadas con 19 participantes que, a partir de la transcripción de los fragmentos de los discursos, fue hecha la deprección de los temas principales, agrupados en blocos de significación que originaron las categorías empíricas, analizadas por la Técnica de Análisis de Discurso. Resultados: los profesionales enfatizaron el atendimiento alopático, gestantes y puerperas presentan comportamientos vulnerables a la epidemia virus zika y la actuación espiritual del líder religioso está limitada a los dogmas de la religión. Conclusión: la concepción de los profesionales de la salud es tecnicista y no recoocen la influencia de la religión/espiritualidad en el contexto de la epidemia virus Zika. Gestantes y puerperas enfatizan la influencia de la religión/espiritualidad en sus vidas, reforzada por las declaraciones de los líderes religiosos, lo que lleva a la conclusión que la religión/espiritualidad han demostrado ofrecer medios que ayuden al enfrentamiento de la condición patológica, como en la epidemia virus Zika, y puede complementar la actuación tecnicista presentada por los profesionales de la salud. Descriptores: Virus Zika; Espiritualidad; Religión; Personal de Salud.

scholarly journals The Face Of Islam After The 2019 Presidential Election: Democracy And The Challenge Of Dialogue

Dialog ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-274
Author(s):  
Muhammad Radya Yudantiasa
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the problems of intra/interreligious dialogue that occurred after the 2019 presidential election. The focus of this study is to analyse the impact of Islamic populism on the sustainability of dialogue in Indonesia. The trend of Islamic populism is basically narrative and analytic of Indonesian political studies. The political contestation has an impact on the intra/inter-religious dialogue problems or even transcending ethnic and group boundaries. This situation requires intense dialogue among scholars, activists, elites, religious leaders and society members. This research is a library research using descriptive-analysis method. The main theory in this research is agonistic theory. This theory sees the conflict from more positive ways. This article argues that the discourse and the narration of moderate Islam needs to be brought into public sphere. Hence, the peaceful characters of Islam and tolerant Islam become the dominant colors of Islam in the public sphere. Artikel ini mengungkap kembali problematika tentang dialog pasca pemilihan presiden 2019. Fokus dari artikel ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh dari populisme Islam terhadap keberlanjutan dialog di Indonesia. Tren dari populisme Islam pada dasarnya merupakan sebuah narasi dan analisis yang banyak dikaji dalam lingkup studi politik di Indonesia. Peristiwa kontestasi politik yang terjadi di dalam pemilihan presiden 2019 menunjukkan adanya permasalahan terhadap dialog dalam/antar agama dan bahkan melampaui batas-batas etnik maupun kelompok agama. Situasi ini meniscayakan para aktor-aktor dialog dari kalangan akademisi, aktivis, elit politik, pemuka agama, dan masyarakat untuk terlibat dalam kontestasi ini. Penelitian ini merupakan studi kepustakaan (library research) dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif-analisis. Teori utama yang digunakan dalam artikel ini adalah teori agonistik (agonistic theory). Teori ini berfungsi untuk melihat konflik dalam sudut pandang yang positif. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahwa klaim tentang wacana dan narasi Islam yang moderat harus muncul untuk dikontestasikan dalam ruang publik. Dengan demikian, wajah asli Islam yang damai, toleran dan rahmatan lil-‘alamin akan menjadi wajah yang dominan dalam ruang publik.

scholarly journals Muslim Leadership and the Challenge of Reconciling the Religious with the Secular

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
Louay Safi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Moral Foundation ◽  
Social Ideology ◽  
The Face ◽  
Creative Space

The "return to religion" is a worldwide reality shared equally by the fol­lowers of different religions. Now that secularism, as a social ideology, has failed to provide a moral foundation for modern society, religion is reassert­ing its authority in all cultures. Intellectuals and religious leaders are increasingly rethinking the place of religion in modern society. Nowhere is the challenge of reconciling the religious and the secular more intense than in Muslim societies. Unlike western societies, Muslim cultures have experienced secularism not as a structure designed to prevent the imposition of one religious tradition on another, but as modern faith promoted by many political leaders eager to offer an alternative to religion. For many years, Muslim secularists looked at religion with contempt and tried to use their political authority and commanding social positions to undermine religion and religious sentiment. Most recently, however, secu­lar leaders have had to step back from their anti-religion posture in the face of the rising tide of religion in Muslim societies. Still, secularism and the secular state are widely associated with corruption, intolerance, and author­itarianism because of the archaic and bankrupt manners by which the self­proclaimed prophets of secularism in the Muslim world have exercised their power. But while secularist excesses have led to its retreat before a newly founded religious spirit in the Muslim world, the new religiosity, in its effort to compensate for secularist extremism, is in danger of committing its own excesses. Finding a creative space between the stagnant tradition­alist outlook and the dogmatic and power-prone attitude of many Muslim ...

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