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Studiranje arapskog jezika neodvojivo je od studiranja islamskih nauka

Author(s): Mustafa Jahić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 60/2014

This article points to connections and mutual relations of the Arabic language and all its fields and Islamic studies that date back to the beginning of the revelation of the Qur’an, due to which Arabic language became an inseparable part of Islam in all its fields of studies. Thus Arabic linguistic studies have great significance in studying the Islamic studies, and Arabic language becomes one of the essential subjects in the Islamic education system. Keeping this in mind, this article also stresses upon the need for paying more attention to the Arabic linguistics, by introducing Arabic language with all its disciplines in our Islamic educational institutions.

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Svršenici mekteb-i nuvvaba bili su utemeljitelji i nosioci orijentalnih studija na sarajevskom univerzitetu

Author(s): Omer Nakičević / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 60/2014

As a contribution to the argument that teaching of Arabic language has its origin at the Faculty of Islamic studies in Sarajevo (integral part of its curriculum), the author reminds us of some fundamental determinants of the plan and programme of an educational institution Mactab-i Nuwwab (The Sharia School for Judges, Scherijatische Richter Schule), later developed into The Higher Islamic Sharia School (VIŠT)on foundations of which, for more than thirty years, as a result of a planned activity of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Faculty of the Islamic Studies is functioning. Studies of Arabic language are the bases for all the other Islamic studies as it is confirmed in the Article 2 of the Organisational Institute for The Sharia School for Judges wherein it is stated: “Applicants that would be enrolled in this educational institution, will be those who succeeded in the test for the Arabic language grammar and syntax.” This high education institution, of which the Faculty of the Islamic Studies is the successor, has produced graduates that were amongst the founders of the Oriental Philology Department of The Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo and the Oriental Institute.

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Kontinuitet izučavanja arapskog jezika obavezuje nas na nove iskorake

Author(s): Zehra Alispahić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 60/2014

Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina with oriental culture and languages date back to time of the official establishment of Islam in the Balkan Peninsula in second half of the 15th century. Thus, we may say that the Arabic language represents an inseparable segment of historical, cultural and civilizational identity of Bosniaks and the other nations in this territory. Arabic language is continuously present in the educational system of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of the 15th century, at first in religious educational and upbringing institutions (maktab, madrassa) and, by the end of 19th century Arabic language, as a language of the world culture and civilization was introduced in the programmes of secular high schools. At the institutions of higher and high academic level Arabic language is present since 19th century, primarily at the School for the Sharia Judges and later in the Higher Islamic Sharia and Theology School, and with the establishment of Sarajevo University and its Faculty of Philosophy with the Department for Orientalism (Department for Oriental Philology) in year 1950, Arabic language is studied at other higher academic institutions. Continuity of the Arabic language studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a matter of pride, however the new era requires further progress and answers to many issues, some of these we brought up in this Forum about the Arabic language: what are the real aims of teaching the Arabic language at all the levels of the educational process, especially in madrassas and universities? Why is it that teaching of the Arabic language, regardless of the level, does not produce satisfying results in context of mastering the skills of understanding and communication when compared with other foreign languages? Are madrassas, as the faithful guardians of the Arabic language through so many centuries behind us, bearing in mind the fact that they educate the largest number of students studying Arabic language as compulsory subject, willing to make progress in the methodology of teaching Arabic language, undertake revision of the teaching plan and programme and introduce new modern and attractive textbooks that would respond to the requirements of the present time and to the needs of new generations, though at the same time ensuring and preserving the missionary role of Arabic language.

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Pogled u život i djelo Mustafe Sabri-efendije, pretposljednjeg osmanskog šejhu-l-islama

Author(s): Dženan Hasić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 60/2014

The article presents life of the penultimate Sheikhu-l-Islam of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Sabri-efendi. In order to understand his life and the role he had in Turkey during the turbulent period of its history, in introductory part we offer an introduction to the institution of Sheikhu-l-Islam that was supreme religious institution of the Ottoman Empire for centuries. Mustafa Sabri –efendi, a great Islamic scholar, 128th Sheiku-l-Islam in a great chain of scholars that was formed in less than five centuries. He wrote a number of books in Ottoman Turkish and in Arabic language. Some of those were published during his life. He is also an author of several dozens of articles published in various magazines. Besides being a very learned religious scholar he was also a renowned poet writing in his mother tongue Ottoman Turkish as well as in Arabic. The works of Mustafa Sabri-efendi are very significant in sense that he dealt with a variety of issues, in our opinion most significant is his contribution in reconstruction of religious life in the period of the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and its transition into a secular republic.

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Budućnost pripada pluralističkim društvima

Author(s): Ziauddin Sardar,Mirza Sarajkić,Samedin Kadić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 61/2015

In this interview Ziauddin Sardar elaborates the roots of the recent boom of the studies of the future which, as a systematic, highly sophisticated technique of planning and forecast take pivotal position in managing the risks in uncertain, complex time that is often full of contradictions. At the same time Sardar attempts to detect causes of a general lack of interest of Muslims for active and creative pondering upon the future and their sterile romanticised turning towards the past, he further emphasizes that the Qur’an is the book that implore upon the future planning. The future is the only time category that we are able to change. Even though the Muslims are often labelled as fatalists, Sardar categorically claims that the Qur’an and the practice of the Messenger eliminate any fatalism through inspiring the believers to shape their own future.

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Milivoj Mirza Abdurahman Malić: Dvije tihe obljetnice

Author(s): Zorica Manojlović / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 68-69/2015

The paper is based on research of archival, bibliographical and oral sources on a Croatian Orientalist Milivoj Mirza A. Malić (1897-1935), conducted during 2013 and 2014. His life and professional choice took him far away from Sušak, the town of his early youth, to which he returned after being absent for a long time and passed away after long illness, still quite young. He was born in Imotski; spent his youth days in Sušak; lived and worked in Zagreb, Spain and France. Since oriental philosophy was not much developed in Croatia at the time, his work and scientific interest was valorized elsewhere, primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than in Croatia, and such was the memory of his persona. Although, at the moment of his death, in 1935, many newspapers wrote of him as an expert Orientalist and doctoral dissertation Bulbulistan du Shaikh Fewzi de Mostar, poete herzégovinien de langue persane (Librairie L. Rodstein, Paris, 1935), which heralded an important scientific potential, it is sad that, outside his family, the Malićs of Rijeka, he was almost unknown in Croatia. Apart from his intimate circle, he is remembered as an prominent member by the Islamic religious community, which he joined as Mirza Abdurahman. The article provides information on Malić, available in various archives in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, libraries of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia as well as in private family archive of the Malić- Rossi family. Family members and friends provide particularly valuable oral testemonies. Malić’s personal fund in Gazi Husrev-bey’s library of Sarajevo was temporarily unavailable due to technical reasons, so information personal details in this text are based only on biographical sources. By this moment, the author has not researched him personaly.

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Kompariranje logosa u kršćanstvu sa savršenim čovjekom Ibn Arebija

Author(s): Mansour Mo'tamedi,Vali Abdi / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68-69/2015

The notion of pre-Christianity logos is found in an abstract form in ancient Greek philosophy as well as Judaism (ancient times and some works of Philo of Alexandria). In Christianity (Prologue to the Gospel of John), logos is for the first time identified with a historical character (Jesus), and Christians, namely, Church elders, attributed to logos some characteristics very much resembling Islamic Gnostic interpretation of the “perfect man”. In Islamic gnosis, Ibn Arabi gave a detailed treatment of the issue of the perfect man and gave standpoints comparable to Christian standpoints on logncesos. Having processed Ibn Arabi’s standpoint and standpoints of his commentators’ on the perfect man, as well as standpoints of Church elders on logos, we have concluded that, despite noticeable differences between these two terms, the question of embodiment of logos in Christianity still makes a huge difference regarding this issue.

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Umijeće komuniciranja u gnostičkome djelu

Author(s): Mubina Moker / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68-69/2015

Having in mind the manners of their creation and author’s communication with the recipient, the earliest gnostic papers writen in Persian from the first half of the XI century communicate with the recipient in the imperative mood and place him/her in the center of the communication act, thus requesting active participation in the reading process. They allow the recipient to establish and build its unique relation with the text, based on cognitive reading and “eavesdropping” of the essence of meaning, which will “move” him/her from the exoteric to the esoteric plane of reading, and transform him/her from a “passive reader” to an “active listener”. Thus, a gnostic text uses the necessity of its timeless and universal content to demand from the recipient to go back repeatedly, in which every next visit will encourage the recipient to build a new and unique and perceptive-experiential relationship with the text.

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Around the Bloc: German Police Disprove Gang-Rape by Migrants

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Around the Bloc: German Police Disprove Gang-Rape by Migrants

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 02/02/2016

There is no evidence of a sexual offence against the 13-year-old girl from a Russian-speaking community in Berlin, German prosecutors said.

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Around the Bloc: Czech Students Defend Muslim Classmate

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Around the Bloc: Czech Students Defend Muslim Classmate

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/26/2016

After school principal bombarded with anti-Islam messages, he and students stand behind girl originally from Yemen

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A violence against women in Afghanistan after Taliban occupation – outline of the issue

Author(s): Katarzyna Sadowa / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

This publication deals with the current legal and social situation of women in Afghanistan. The author analyzes the process of formation of the legal position of Afghan women from the moment of the country’s liberation from under the Taliban occupation in 2001. She concentrates on indicating relevant legal regulations and guarantees, as well as – primarily – analyzes the degree of respecting them. Consequently, she discusses selected forms of violence against women which is persistently present on the territory of Afghanistan. The author elaborates on specific cultural phenomena and acts against fundamental women’s rights, such as baad, baadal, the so-called “honor” killings, and punishing women for running away. These points lead to the conclusion that the enacted laws are merely an empty shell and women’s situation is far from stable.

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THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF THE CONTEMPORARY PANDEMIC COVID-19

Author(s): Alexandru Gabriel Negoiță / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2020

This research presents an interdisciplinary analysis, on the border between medical sciences, ecology, anthropology and Orthodox theology, of some of the most important pandemics of the last century, their causes and implications for civilization. The economic and social impact of the pandemic on our civilization is particularly powerful and causes drama in our communities. However, gradually, the economy will recover, jobs will be re-established, states will find solutions to avoid collapse, and civic freedoms will be reactivated, at least in Euro-Atlantic democracies. The pandemic did not liquidate the world economy, nor does it stop humanity from its path to a global, planetary and free society, but merely awakened homo sapiens from the "drunkness of speed" of material progress that had become toxic to both him and the planet. The spiritual perspective, offered by Christian theology, introduces patristic reflections on the rationality of creation, in the light of the Incarnation of logos, and the spiritual way of reporting to the living world that derives from it. The human being wants to know whether there is a reason behind his suffering. The question of ―why me?‖ in times of suffering stems from the theological answers to the question ―What is God really like?

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A FUZZY READING OF SARACEN-CHRISTIAN INTERACTION IN BOEVE DE HAUMTONE, GUI DE WAREWIC AND ROMAN DE HORN

Author(s): Sümeyye Öztürk / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2020

Multiple works have been written on the topic of Saracen-Christian interaction in Medieval romances, while combining and commenting on the similarity between Said’s theory and the hostility between two ethnic groups. For a more expanded analysis and further research on this field, current article will explore friendly occasions, shared experiences, tolerant and accepting attitude while at the same time focusing on the hostile side of the relationship as well. Because both ways will be examined, the approach of this paper is seeking a broad framework within which the descriptions of Saracens/Christians, friendships and familial affiliations will be analyzed. Three Anglo-Norman romances have been selected for this purpose, namely Boeve de Haumtone, Gui de Warewic and Roman de Horn. This paper will particularly focus on Said’s Orientalism and subsequently combine his notion with the romances. However, rather than merely emphasizing the inimical tone, the aim is to communicate the fuzziness that seems to surround the romances by means of both positive and negative portrayals. The paper at hand will discuss examples from medieval texts that point to a Saracen-Christian interaction of a more complicated kind rather than entirely conflictual matters as has often been stated.

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN ESCHATOLOGICOTHEODICAL PARADOX

Author(s): Peter O. O. Ottuh,Mary O. Jemegbe / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

Following the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have resorted to asking questions that are rooted in certain religious assumptions. They assume, that God caused and allowed the disease; and second, that the pandemic is a sign of the end-time. These assumptions tactically point to eschatological and theodical paradoxes. This theoretical paper examines the presumptions and assumptions about the COVID-19 outbreak panic from the paradoxical paradigms of eschatology and theodicy. The paper employed the descriptive and phenomenological methods including personal interviews to achieve its aim. The research revealed that the effects of the pandemic worldwide have prompted people regardless of their religions to presume and assume that the disease outbreak is an end-time event and that God sent the disease to punish humanity for their moral evil. The paper concluded that these postulations resulted from the presumed and assumed eschatological and theodical traditions of religions and recommended that religious leaders and adherents should change their perceptions about the pandemic and work hard to deal with the realities on ground by cooperating in various ways with governments and other agencies using modern technologies to resolve the crises.

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Pobožnost daljine

Author(s): Dženita Karić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 65-68/2024

In this paper, I am focusing on the Hajj as a form of the piety of traversing distance. While the Hajj has been a subject of scholarly and Sufi polemics and meaning-making processes, what is often left out are the mechanisms of continuity underpinning the vitality of the Hajj for each and every generation of believers. These mechanisms are embedded in the piety of distance, which is comprised of several elements: the centrality of the traveling body, the ambiguity of the pilgrimage as a moral category, and the responsibility towards other Muslims. Based on the examples from my book ‘’Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy’’ (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and other Hajj related publications, I show how Muslims, Bosniak, and non-Bosniak, both in the past and present, cultivated the piety of distance.

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Arabo-islamski ključevi u Don Kihotu - među Moriscima

Author(s): Pilar Garrido Clemente / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 65-68/2024

Don Quixote de la Mancha, the monumental work of Miguel de Cervantes, is one of the pillars of world literature. This research focuses on the vast Islamic and Arabic components of a masterpiece whose legacy continues to inspire new generations and to be studied and reinterpreted.

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Sufizam i prevencija maloljetničke delikvencije

Author(s): Ernada Fatima Avdibegović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 65-68/2024

Working with young people is a multidisciplinary field, and it occupies the attention of various sciences such as pedagogy, education, psychology, and social work. Today, in the age of the crisis of authority, young people grow up exposed to various risk factors: inadequate family environment, economic crises, wars, transition processes, underdeveloped social capacities, general insecurity, corruption, consumerism, alienation, and loneliness. The family is facing a challenge. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the 2013 population census, more than 90% of people identify themselves as religious. Sufi organizations, brotherhoods, and tariqats have existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for centuries, since the arrival of Islam in these areas, which tells us that they are an important factor in building the tradition and religious identity of Bosnian Muslims - Bosniaks. These facts indicate that in working with young people we must investigate and take into account the role of religion as a social phenomenon, but also faith as a personal internal relationship with the world as a factor of resistance in facing life’s challenges. That was the reason that, as a student of social work, I did research for my master’s thesis on the topic: The influence of Sufi spirituality on the prevention of socially unacceptable behavior of young people. Sufi organizations (tariqats) have their own structure: theory, practice, hierarchy, organization. This means that we have a comprehensive approach to young men and this is an important assumption for prevention. The research included an interview with the leaders of the tekis, 6 questionnaires with 80 young members of the tariqat between the ages of 15 and 30, and 80 young people who are part of various NGOs and who declared that they do not practice any form of religiosity. The questionnaires were based on the measurement and recognition of: intrinsic/extrinsic moments, altruism, prosociality, aggressiveness, depressive and anxious moments, the second special questionnaire for young people in the tekke was intended to shed light on the relationship with the shaykh as an authority - educator and advisor.

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„GRAVITACIONO POLJE“ KUR’ANSKOG TEKSTA I NJEGOV „POZITIVITET“

Author(s): Meysun Gharaibeh Simonović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 26/2024

Review of: Esad Duraković, Tekst i kontekst: nužnost reinterpretacije, Centar za napredne studije, Sarajevo, 2023

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ЖЕНЩИНА В ХИДЖАБЕ: СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ ВЗГЛЯДОВ СТУДЕНЧЕСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ ТАТАРСТАНА

Author(s): Adel I. Bayamonte (Sattarova),Rail R. Fakhrutdinov,Ramil V. Kadyrov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2025

The article is devoted to the issue of fostering tolerance among students in the Republic of Tatarstan towards women in Islam who wear hijabs. Based on the results of a sociological survey of university and vocational college students in 2013, 2018 and 2024, the authors concluded that there is a positive trend in students’ views on existing interethnic and interfaith relations in Tatarstan. The further development of favorable ethno-confessional relations in Tatarstan can be facilitated by the participation of young people in various volunteer, international and patriotic projects in Russia and abroad.

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Библискиот лик на Енох во еврејската, христијанската и исламската теолошка традиција

Author(s): Dragan Zajkovski,Vladimir Janev / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 87/2025

Briefly mentioned in the text of the Bible, Enoch remains one of the most mysterious biblical characters. In the corpus of Jewish mythology, Enoch ascended to heaven and became an angel (Metatron). The “Book of Enoch” represents one of the main apocryphal works of Jewish and Christian thought. Canonized only by the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church, the “Book of Enoch” carries the author’s vision of heaven and the hierarchy of angels. The relevance of the biblical character of Enoch exists in the contemporary theology of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

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