scholarly journals Islam and the West

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-571
Author(s):  
Charles, Prince of Wales
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Technical College ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
The West ◽  
Teenth Century ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The Subject

Ladies and gentlemen, it was suggested to me when I first began toconsider the subject of this lecture that I should take comfort from theArab proverb: "In every head there is some wisdom." I confess that I havefew qualifications as a scholar to justify my presence here in this theatre,where so many people much more learned than I have preached andgenerally advanced the sum of human knowledge. I might feel moreprepared if I were an offspring of your distinguished university, ratherthan a product of that "Technical College of the Fens," though I hope youwill bear in mind that a chair of Arabic was established inseven-teenth-century Cambridge a full four years before your first chairof Arabic at Oxford.Unlike many of you, I am not an expert on Islam, though I amdelighted, for reasons that I hope will become clear, to be a vice patron ofthe Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. The Centre has the potential to bean important and exciting vehicle for promoting and improvingunderstanding of the Islamic world in Britain, and one which I hope willearn its place alongside other centres of Islamic study in Oxford, like theOriental Institute and the Middle East Centre, as an institution of whichthe university, and scholars more widely, will become justly proud.Given all the reservations I have about venturing into a complex andcontroversial field, you may well ask why I am here in this marvelousWren building talking to you on the subject of Islam and the West. Thereason is, ladies and gentlemen, that I believe wholeheartedly that thelinks between these two worlds matter more today than ever before,because the degree of misunderstanding between the Islamic and thewest ...

Eastern Christians, Islam, and the West: A Connected History

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Heyberger
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Modern Era

When I was preparing my PhD in 1993, the subject “Eastern Christians” or “Christians in the Islamic World” was almost nonexistent in the mass media or in scholarly works. In fact, I prepared my thesis not under the supervision of a specialist in the Middle East but rather under that of a specialist in European Catholicism during the early modern era.

scholarly journals Trigonometry in Two Sixteenth Century Works; The de Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium and the Sidra Al-Muntahā

1987 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 209-214
Author(s):  
Sevim Tekeli
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Subject

In Greece, Autolycos (4th cent. B.C.), Aristarchos of Samos (3rd cent.B.C.), Hipparchos (2nd cent.B.C.), Menelaos (1st cent. A.D.), and Ptolemaos (2nd cent. A.D.) are the forerunners of trigonometry. The Greeks used chords and prepared a table of chords.Later, the Hindus produced Siddhāntas (4th cent.A.D.). The most important feature of these works is the use of jyā instead of chords, and utkramajyā (versed sine).In Islam, al-Battānī al-Ṣābī (858-929) used the sine, cosine, tangent, and cotangent with clear consciousness of their individual characteristics.As is known, trigonometry developed as a branch of astronomy. Although in the thirteenth century Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (in the Islamic world) and in the fifteenth century Regiomontanus (in the West) established trigonometry as a science independent of astronomy, the essential situation did not change, and the subject went on developing as before.

scholarly journals The Effect of Hegel’s Philosophy of History on Goldziher’s Method for Evaluating Hadiths

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-215
Author(s):  
Rahile Kızılkaya Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The West ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The Subject

The West is known to have had interest in Islam since the 18th century through the transformative effect of the methods developed to examine religious sources within the framework of this interest in Islamic studies. Revealing the academic background and historical, ideological, psychological, religious, political and socio-cultural factors that have led orientalists working in the field of Islamic sciences is important for this field. This study will reveal in the context of Goldziher’s method for evaluating hadiths how Orientalists had been influenced by the culture and civilization they emerged from and how these influences directed their studies on Islam. Studies that have drawn attention to how Goldziher adopted his method for evaluating hadiths and took inspiration from Hegel’s philosophy of history prepared the intellectual background for the writing of this article. The study will first point out Goldziher’s postition within the Orientalist tradition and then present his method for dating hadiths alongside his Muhammedanische Studien, which is considered the most important work upon which Goldhizer based his method. Hegel’s philosophy of history will be explained in terms of the subject of the study, followed by a look into how Hegel’s philosophy of history affected Goldziher’s method for evaluating hadiths.

scholarly journals Manifestations of Neoosmanist Ambitions in Contemporary Regional Policy of Turkey

2015 ◽  
pp. 84-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kudryashova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The West ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Turkish Economy ◽  
Sphere Of Influence

Turkey carried away by the role of the model for Sunni states aimed at becoming the leader of Islamic world and reestablishing the Ottoman Empire’s sphere of influence. Ankara distinctly changed priorities of its foreign policy in favor of the Middle East and pursued a course of gradual dissociation from the West subject to its own views at world and regional situation. Ankara’s task was not to exceed the limits of Western alliance, but for all that to advance at most its national interests. Turkey’s political leaders systematically used any opportunity to promote neoosmanist aspirations and the model of Turkish democracy in the Middle East and Northern Africa. The dynamic development of Turkish economy supported this process. However at this time the goals of Turkish neoosmanist policy are unachievable because of their excessive ambition and lack of resources for their realization.

scholarly journals Saudi Stance on Potential Iranian Threat in the Middle East

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdul, Mughis Irfan Siddeqi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Gulf States

This study examines the Saudis foreign policy towards Iran and the situation in Middle East due to Saudis proxies in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen. It also seeks the growing Iranian influence and interest in Middle East causing a sense of unrest for Gulf States. This article also encompasses the factors under which great Sunni alliance has been formed and the Saudis attempt to isolate Iran at least in the Islamic world. This article is conceptual in nature as it relies to a large extent on secondary sources of data i.e Print and electronic media. It also throws light on the current situation in Middle East and the religious, ideological, geostrategic concerns and geopolitical rivalry of two great nations i.e of Iran and Saudis. This paper also discusses the Saudis expectations from the west and particularly from America and growing ties of Iran with America and the west. It also highlights on silent character of Israel and the rising threat of ISIS in Middle East.  

scholarly journals Symposium on the Futures of the Islamic World

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-274
Author(s):  
Mahdi El-Mandjra
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
To Come ◽  
Distinguished Group ◽  
First Time

I am honored to be among such a distinguished group of people whohave contributed so much to identifying the problems besetting the Islamicworld. The subject under discussion highly strategic, especially atthis time of sweeping upheaval and disruption that has been anticipatedfor years by future studies specialists. I thus have no illusions about theawesome task we face and am fully aware of the subject’s complexity.I have been working in the field of future studies for over twenty-fiveyears and have participated in approximately two hundred internationalconferences and seminars related to this subject. This is the first time, Ithink, that an international symposium has been entirely devoted to theidentification and analysis of current and anticipated problems as relatedto Islam. This is a sign of the maturity of the Islamic world, and similarinitiatives must be encouraged in the future with the hope of initiatingand supporting concrete research projects in this important am.Given the countries of origin of this symposium’s participants, I hopethat its sponsors Will consider extending its activities beyond the scopeof the Arab world. After all, Arabs are only 20 percent of the total Muslimpopulation. When dealing with Islam, we must all beware of ethnocentrictemptations, for Islam calls for a diversity that is conducive tounity. This prescription is enshrined in the Qur’an:0 mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and havemade you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo!the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct.(49: 13)Accordingly, I consider this symposium to be a sort of rehearsal forother meetings to come and which will be more representative of the realitiesand potentialities of the Islamic world. We should therefore avoidthe confusing generalization which has l&l the West to apply the specificreality of the Arab region to all countries of the Islamic world. This is notto be regarded as a critical stand against this symposium, but rather as anexpression of a personal reservation concerning possible attempts to ...

scholarly journals عروض مختصرة

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (83) ◽  
pp. 231-225
Author(s):  
حنان لطفي زين الدين
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Life ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic Revival ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Gender Culture

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Secular Governance and Islamic Law

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-343
Author(s):  
Alexandre Caeiro
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Muslims In The West

In this paper I examine the uses of the concept of minority by contemporary Muslim public intellectuals engaged simultaneously in discussions about the status of Muslims in the West and the place of non-Muslims in the Islamic world. I show how the concept of minority – rendered in Arabic through the neologism aqalliyya – is both problematic and indispensable to the discussions taking place in the transnational spaces of Islamic normative debate. Drawing on Saba Mahmood’s work, I argue that the minority question is both a strategy of modern secular governance and a tool used by a set of actors pursuing different projects. I suggest that the Islamic traditions that are often seen as foundational to the inequalities that shape the life of non-Muslims in the Middle East are in fact more ambiguous in their effects than they may appear at first sight. Although Islamic legal discourse has been predicated on a hierarchy that places non-Muslims in a subaltern status, it also embodies universalist norms that serve to counter some of these inequalities – even if the goals it articulates and the language it deploys are not always immediately intelligible within a modern context.

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