Rumijeva filozofija Ljubavi u vrijeme zarotiranog islama
Rumi's philosophy of Love in the era of U-turned Islam

Summary/Abstract: The essential awareness of the spiritual state of today's world, and of the question of terrorism, reflects the social pathologies of the modern world - a pathology that is accustoming people to the presence of violence as something quite normal and logical, and where they are all too familiar with danger and the presence of death. So, there is really wide need for studies which will stimulate mutual understanding, inter-faith dialogue and multicultural encounters. Hazrat Mawlana, who is one of the greatest spiritual and literary figures of all time, who advocated unlimited tolerance, and for whom love is the most significant conceptual component in a manner transcending all national, cultural and civilizational bounderies, is undoubtedly the most suitable figure for this task. With this reason UNESCO has designated 2007 as the „year of Mawalana“ (Rumi's 800th birth anniversary), taking into account that the relations between West and the Muslim world reached their lowest ebb creating a dangerous gulf which is growing every day. Through philosophical and mystical concepts in Hazrat Mawlana works, his importance and spiritual eminence, in whose thoughts we can see a common and shared background for all humans, our dialogue would achieve harmony and unity deeply immersed in the love of others and respect for them, whomsoever they may be. The following paper is the Bosnian answer and contribution to his „Come, come, come again, whoever you may be...” (during the Ottoman period, the Mawlawi order spread into the Balkans) in honoring the International year of Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, trying to evaluate his universalist and inclusivist message, and to offer it as a hopeful alternative to the ignorance and lack of spirituality in modern times. Of course, this is quite opposite to religious dogma, and to all fundamentalisms, or in the case of Islam – U-turned vision and interpretation of it.

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