Diverging concepts of the other in Islam: a comparison between the original Islamic perception and contemporary Muslims' practice
Abstract: During the time of Prophet Muhammad in Madinah, Muslims' understanding of the Concept of the other was strictly similar to the one described in the Holy Quranic verses. The Prophet himself provides an exemplary practice of the Islamic view of the Other in writing a constitution for people of different religions, tribes, races and ethnicities, living in Madinah. Those others who had agreed to that constitution were allowed to worship in their own way and follow their own religious law, and were given a degree of self-government. However, After Prophet Muhammad, Muslims' conceptions of the other greatly changed partly because of political reasons and conflicts among themselves and in most cases, because of the western colonization of many Muslim countries. The purpose of this paper is to deal with the diverging concepts of the other in Islam. It makes close readings of some Quranic verses revealed in the holy cities of Makka and Madinah and finds that the theoretical concept of the o
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 51 ; 57-71
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Andere Religionen
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2015
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Elgezeery, Gamal
Deyab, Mohammad Sha’aban
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10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.51.57
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072416592531008984
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Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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