An Islamic Language of Toleration: Rumi’s Criticism of Religious Persecution

Masroori, Cyrus

doi:10.1177/1065912908330348

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“…The moderation life of Rumi is also approved by several researchers, like Mirdal (2012) Rumi's work that is combined with a professional awareness-based approach to psychotherapy can provide a meaningful alternative to the cultural heritage of Judaism and Christianity on which western psychology is based today. In addition, Masroori (2010) Rumi provided the most extensive defense of tolerance in Persian, and was undoubtedly one of the most vocal advocates of tolerance in benighted times' Islamic world. Another opinion by Yousuf, Qadri and Osmanov (2019) who stated that Rumi emphasized through his Sufi teachings that, it is true knowledge, proper education and dialogue are the best ways to combat new socio-economic and political challenges to promote tolerance to bring peace and harmony in society as well as on a global scale.…”

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Religious Moderation Represented through Rumi’s Thought in The Masnavi Book

Nafisah

2022

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This study aims to reveal the representation of religious moderation that are contained in the poem of Jalal Ad-Din Rumi in his book entitled Masnawi. Rumi is a famous poet who creates beautiful and loves poems, including love in the midst of differences, especially religious diversity, even the Ministry of Religion of Republic of Indonesia was inspired to research deeply about the concept of religious moderation which was initiated by Rumi. Intending to revealing the representation of religious moderation in Rumi's book, the researcher uses Critical Discourse Analysis theory which is used to reveal the intentions embedded in discourse, because language is not only reached as a mean of communication, but critically can be understood as a tool that embodies transparent structural relationships of domination, discrimination, power, and control. The CDA theory that is used by the researcher is Wodak’s (2001) theory that well known as the Discourse Historical Approach, by analyzing discursive strategies, discourse practices, and social practices. The finding is Rumi tended to use a predication strategy by attaching positive traits to the moderation discourse and giving negative traits to the opposite, namely extremism and unbalance. His poetry which is widely spread among people from different religions including Islam, Christ and Jew success to convey the message of religious moderation, thus, people understand and apply it well, this is proven by many people mourn on his death. In conclusion, religious moderation is represented as a very positive and good thing in Rumi's poetry in his book entitled Masnawi.

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Religious Moderation Represented through Rumi’s Thought in The Masnavi Book

Nafisah

2022

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“…14 See (Najjari and Ahmadnejad, 2013), which is a study of the role of Hallaj in Rumi's works. 15 See, for instance, (Masroori, 2010), where he investigates Rumi's "criticism of religious persecution. "…”

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An American Mystic in the East: Tracing the Origins of Robert Bly’s Interest in Persian Literary Tradition

Amjad

Ahmadgoli

Haqiqatshenas

2021

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The American poet Robert Bly is among the most important literary figures in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in various capacities as a poet, translator, teacher and workshop organizer among other things, so much so that he is sometimes compared to Ezra Pound on account of the variety of his interests and the extent of his influence. Like Pound, Bly developed an interest in Asian poetic traditions, including that of Iran, and in doing so, he translated the poetry of Rumi (better known as Mowlana in Iran) and Hafez into English. The present study seeks to trace the paths through which Bly came to develop an interest in Persian mystical poetry and to demonstrate two concerns that guided and informed his interest in this tradition; that is, the socio-political vocation of the poet and the formal advantages of the poetic form known as Ghazal. Such concerns, it will be argued, are firmly rooted within the American literary tradition and therefore this study reveals the continuities that underlie Bly’s interest in Persian poetry, suggesting that he sometimes approached Persian poetry on his own terms, without paying proper attention to the context, a shortcoming that, as will be shown, is the result not of ignorance but what may be called methodological laxity.

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“…35 Masroori challenges the assumption that toleration is a product of Western civilization by citing passages from the 13th-century Sufi poet Muhammad Jalal al-Din Balki (known more popularly as Rumi). 36 Others claim that Islamic notions of tolerance are fundamentally different from Western ideals. Yousif argues that minorities are only free in Islamic societies as long as they respect the supremacy of Islam, and that there are basic differences between Western and Islamic notions of religious freedom due to the Western concept of religion being a private and individual matter, while Islam sees it as a community issue inseparable from other aspects of life.…”

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Culture vs. Rational Choice: Assessing the Causes of Religious Discrimination in Muslim States

Sarkissian

Fox

Akbaba

2011

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

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This study focuses on explaining the variation in the treatment of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries using a novel dataset on religious discrimination-the Religion and StateMinorities (RASM) Dataset. As few theories exist to explain the causes of religious discrimination, this study compares theories related to general religion-state relations based on ideology, culture, and rational choice. We find that while political and structural factors are important in explaining variation in levels of discrimination across Muslim countries, ideational factors may help to explain why certain minority groups appear to be targeted more than others within individual countries. Regional and cultural differences in levels of discrimination exist across the Muslim world, and the identity of the religious minority group matters in determining why some groups face greater repression than others. We argue that knowing the targets of discrimination is important in developing theory about the causes of it.

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An Islamic Language of Toleration: Rumi’s Criticism of Religious Persecution

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Religious Moderation Represented through Rumi’s Thought in The Masnavi Book

Religious Moderation Represented through Rumi’s Thought in The Masnavi Book

An American Mystic in the East: Tracing the Origins of Robert Bly’s Interest in Persian Literary Tradition

Culture vs. Rational Choice: Assessing the Causes of Religious Discrimination in Muslim States

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