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Rethinking Religious Engagement in a Globalized World: an Islamic Perspective
Published in 2025 in the journal Religion and Development (vol. 3, no. 2, Brill), this article by Adnane Mokrani, a member of Pluriel’s coordination committee, analyses the major questions that challenge Islam and politics in the modern world, in order to better understand what Islam offers to peace, development and living together.
Religious institutions and communities, the author argues, hold significant resources to engage in global affairs, provided their role is understood within their own theological and spiritual framework. He sets out five pillars for an Islamic engagement in global affairs: a value-based religious mission; religious freedom; a theological understanding of democracy; the need for a dialogical theology; and a disarming theology that dismantles modern violence.
Paru en 2025 dans la revue Religion and Development (vol. 3, n° 2, Brill), cet article de Adnane Mokrani, membre du comité de coordination de Pluriel, examine les grandes questions qui traversent le rapport de l’islam à la politique dans le monde contemporain, afin de mieux cerner ce que l’islam peut offrir à la paix, au développement et au vivre-ensemble.
L’auteur soutient que les institutions et les communautés religieuses disposent de ressources importantes pour s’engager dans les affaires du monde, à condition que ce rôle soit pensé dans leur propre cadre théologique et spirituel. Il dégage cinq piliers d’un engagement islamique dans les affaires globales : une mission religieuse fondée sur les valeurs, la liberté religieuse, une compréhension théologique de la démocratie, la nécessité d’une théologie dialogale, et une théologie du désarmement visant à démanteler la violence moderne.
نُشر عام 2025 مقالٌ للباحث عدنان مقراني، عضو لجنة تنسيق المنصة الجامعية للدراسات حول الإسلام، في المجلّد الثالث (العدد الثاني) من مجلّة:
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يُحلّل فيه أبرزَ الأسئلة التي تُواجه العلاقةَ بين الإسلام والسياسة في العالم المعاصر، سعياً إلى استجلاء ما يُقدّمه الإسلام للسلام والتنمية والعيش المشترك.
ويذهب المؤلّف إلى أنّ المؤسّسات والجماعات الدينية تملك موارد وازنة للانخراط في الشأن العام، شريطةَ أن يُفهَم دورُها ضمن إطارها اللاهوتيّ والروحيّ الخاصّ. ومن ثمّ يُرسي خمسَ دعائم لانخراطٍ إسلاميّ في الشؤون العالمية: رسالةٌ دينيةٌ قائمةٌ على القيم، والحرية الدينية، وفهمٌ لاهوتيّ للديمقراطية، والحاجة إلى لاهوتٍ حواريّ، ولاهوتٍ نازعٍ للسلاح يُفكّك العنف الحديث.
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