Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ramin Jahanbegloo: Beyond the clash of intolerances
Ay kita dialog and curhat, ogut setuju banget, The world is diverse and it is important to respect diversity. But neither international laws nor international institutions are sufficient to ensure peace and dialogue in our contemporary world. We need to cultivate a dialogical co-existence, which is only possible when there is interest in listening and understanding the other side's point of view, and respect for that which it holds as vital to its cultural identity. - Jano ko nimbrung = Saya kira sangat mudah sekali bagi umat Islam untuk ikut berpartisipasi dalam dialog antar bangsa ini. Umat Islam sudah punya modal besar untuk dialog antar bangsa tersebut, Al Qur'an sendiri sudah memuat tentang hal tersebut 1400 tahun yang lalu. Al Qur'an : [44.32] Dan sesungguhnya telah Kami pilih mereka dengan pengetahuan (Kami) atas bangsa-bangsa [49.13] Hai manusia, sesungguhnya Kami menciptakan kamu dari seorang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan dan menjadikan kamu berbangsa-bangsa dan bersuku-suku supaya kamu saling kenal mengenal. Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia di antara kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang paling bertakwa di antara kamu.Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal Wassalam avatari2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-05-19-jahanbegloo-en.html# Ramin Jahanbegloo Beyond the clash of intolerances Today, we are not experiencing a clash of civilizations, but a clash of intolerances, writes Ramin Jahanbegloo. We must encourage opposing forces to adhere to values of moderation, tolerance, and non-violence, claims the Teheran academic and philosopher, who is currently under arrest in Iran. This text was read by the author at the conference Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism, organized by Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations and held in Cairo on 4-6 March 2006. Ramin Jahanbegloo was arrested at the Tehran airport on or around Friday 28 April 2006 as he was leaving for an international conference on Iran in Brussels. After several days silence, the Iranian authorities announced Jahanbegloo's incarceration in the notorious Evin prison on 3 May 2006. Eurozine has joined its partners Esprit and Reset, in addition to numerous international organizations, in demanding his immediate release. --- The dialogue of civilizations has become one of the keywords in the global discourse on issues of cultural globalization and international conflict resolution. However, the disappearance of traditional stereotypes that existed along the ideological lines of the Cold War era has given birth to a new confrontational scheme, which is visible under the idea of clash of civilizations. This new form of ideological friction may well turn into a real and serious conflict, particularly when acts of violence are given a religious dimension, thus potentially triggering a sequence of events that may elude political rationality. Ever since the conflict between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and the city-states of Ancient Greece, clashes between civilizations has been a major and very familiar theme of world history. If, however, the energy released when two cultures clash could be channelled in the right direction, contact between two different cultures could provide a golden opportunity for the birth of constructive self-reflection. People would be able to examine their own cultural framework in the light of a different one, and if such an experiment succeeds, not only will conflict be avoided, but also an opportunity will be created to broaden a culture's intellectual horizons. In fact, it is not that hard to find examples in history of the way in which a clash of civilizations has led to dialogue on a higher level. The example and paradigm of Al-Andalus is particularly relevant concerning the dialogue among cultures. What was remarkable about religious and cultural life in Islamic Spain is that in their intense and rich dialogue, Jews, Christians and Muslims were not aiming at converting one another to their respective faiths so much as trying to deepen their understanding and convince themselves of the truth of their own beliefs. I think we all agree that at the core of the Cordoba experience is to be found not intolerance but an aspiration to the universal and a respect for diversity. While Europe was darkened at sunset, Cordoba, the seat of the Muslim Moorish Empire in Spain, was lit by street lamps. Europeans bathed in streams and lakes; the citizens of Cordoba had over a thousand baths. Europe was covered with vermin; people in Muslim Spain changed their undergarments daily. Europeans walked in mud; Cordoba's streets were paved. Europe's palaces had smoke holes in the ceiling; Cordoba's arabesque architecture was exquisite. When Europe's nobility could not sign its name, Cordoba's children went to school. When Europe's monks could not read the baptismal service, Cordoba's teachers created a library with over two
[wanita-muslimah] Ramin Jahanbegloo: Beyond the clash of intolerances
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-05-19-jahanbegloo-en.html# Ramin Jahanbegloo Beyond the clash of intolerances Today, we are not experiencing a clash of civilizations, but a clash of intolerances, writes Ramin Jahanbegloo. We must encourage opposing forces to adhere to values of moderation, tolerance, and non-violence, claims the Teheran academic and philosopher, who is currently under arrest in Iran. This text was read by the author at the conference Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism, organized by Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations and held in Cairo on 4-6 March 2006. Ramin Jahanbegloo was arrested at the Tehran airport on or around Friday 28 April 2006 as he was leaving for an international conference on Iran in Brussels. After several days silence, the Iranian authorities announced Jahanbegloo's incarceration in the notorious Evin prison on 3 May 2006. Eurozine has joined its partners Esprit and Reset, in addition to numerous international organizations, in demanding his immediate release. --- The dialogue of civilizations has become one of the keywords in the global discourse on issues of cultural globalization and international conflict resolution. However, the disappearance of traditional stereotypes that existed along the ideological lines of the Cold War era has given birth to a new confrontational scheme, which is visible under the idea of clash of civilizations. This new form of ideological friction may well turn into a real and serious conflict, particularly when acts of violence are given a religious dimension, thus potentially triggering a sequence of events that may elude political rationality. Ever since the conflict between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and the city-states of Ancient Greece, clashes between civilizations has been a major and very familiar theme of world history. If, however, the energy released when two cultures clash could be channelled in the right direction, contact between two different cultures could provide a golden opportunity for the birth of constructive self-reflection. People would be able to examine their own cultural framework in the light of a different one, and if such an experiment succeeds, not only will conflict be avoided, but also an opportunity will be created to broaden a culture's intellectual horizons. In fact, it is not that hard to find examples in history of the way in which a clash of civilizations has led to dialogue on a higher level. The example and paradigm of Al-Andalus is particularly relevant concerning the dialogue among cultures. What was remarkable about religious and cultural life in Islamic Spain is that in their intense and rich dialogue, Jews, Christians and Muslims were not aiming at converting one another to their respective faiths so much as trying to deepen their understanding and convince themselves of the truth of their own beliefs. I think we all agree that at the core of the Cordoba experience is to be found not intolerance but an aspiration to the universal and a respect for diversity. While Europe was darkened at sunset, Cordoba, the seat of the Muslim Moorish Empire in Spain, was lit by street lamps. Europeans bathed in streams and lakes; the citizens of Cordoba had over a thousand baths. Europe was covered with vermin; people in Muslim Spain changed their undergarments daily. Europeans walked in mud; Cordoba's streets were paved. Europe's palaces had smoke holes in the ceiling; Cordoba's arabesque architecture was exquisite. When Europe's nobility could not sign its name, Cordoba's children went to school. When Europe's monks could not read the baptismal service, Cordoba's teachers created a library with over two million books on every subject of human life. This is a small page of European history which European scholars choose to either ignore completely or mention fleetingly in their history books. In this modern age of Western global dominance, we often hear how civilized, democratic, humane, tolerant, and enlightened Europe is and has been compared to barbaric, primitive, violent, and Middle Aged thinking, Muslims. Throughout the Middle Ages, Jews and Muslims borrowed a great deal from each other in the areas of philosophy, science, mysticism, and law. For example, Maimonides was deeply influenced by our Muslim philosophers, while many in the Islamic world to this day read Maimonides as an Arab thinker. One outstanding example of religious cooperation was the mosque of Cordoba, which was used on Fridays for prayers by Muslims, on Saturdays by the Jewish community, and on Sundays by the Christians. That was truly an open society, created by an atmosphere of togetherness no matter what religion people had. In Muslim Spain, for a period of almost eight hundred years, a society existed in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in peaceful co-existence, sharing knowledge, culture and understanding. One of the fundamental problems frequently encountered in a dialogue situation is the