Islam and Social Development

After the success of Gümüş/Noor, Turkish soap operas swept across the Middle East, bringing revenues to the booming Turkish TV industry and starting off the first reflections on the contribution of the television dramas to Turkey’s soft power in the region. Indeed, soap operas not only give precious insights into domestic Turkish politics but they also tackle deep philosophical, political and religious issues which are currently debated throughout the Middle East. This contributes to the success of these television dramas abroad and particularly in the arab world, transforming the Turkish television industry
into a powerful soft power instrument.
This article offers to review three successful Turkish soaps and to investigate the reasons behind their success both in Turkey and internationally. On this basis, this article will then discuss the paradox between the liberal approach to societal and religious issues in the soaps and the increasingly restrictive line
of the AKP government on issues of cultural freedoms.

Përmbajtja/Contents:

Fjala jonë/Editorial:
https://gnosa.mk/#/publications/25

1. Sayyid Ali Khamenei
"Teuhidi dhe ndikimet e tij shoqërore"/
"Tawhid and Its Social Implications"
UDC 28:316.3

2. Imam Ali
"Parimet e qeverisjes islame: Udhëzimet e Imam Aliut për Malik el-Eshterin"/
"The Principles of Islamic Rule: Imam Ali's Instructions for Malik al-Ashtar"
UDC 28

3. Murtada Mutahhari
"Mbi drejtësinë e Zotit (pjesa II)"/
"On Divine Justice (part II)"
UDC 28

4. Sayyid Haydar Amouli
"Tri shkallët e agjërimit (sheriati, tarikati, hakikati)"/
"The Three Levels of Fasting (Shariah, Tariqah, Haqiqah)
UDC 28-442.47

5. Marziah Sadeqi
"Drejtësia si një virtyt i shpirtit"/
"Justice as a Virtue of the Soul"
UDC 28-423

6. Ghulam Husayn Adeel
"Statusi i grave në Islam"/
"The Status of Women in Islam"
UDC 305-055.2:28

7. Batul Sadat Amini
"Zbritja e Ademit në Teurat dhe në Kur'an"/
"The Descent of Adam in the Torah and in the Quran"
UDC 28-23-277

8. Dr. Reza Ramezani
"Tenzihu dhe Teshbihu në emrata e dhe në cilësitë e Zotit"/
"Tanzih and Tashbih in the Context of Divine Names and Attributes"
UDC 26-23-277

ISSN 2545-4412

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Botues/Publisher:
Fondacioni për Kulturë dhe Shkencë GNOSA
GNOSA Foundation for Culture and Science

Kryeredaktor/Editor-in-chief
Numan Mustafa

Përkthimi/Translation
Mezhdi Mezhdi
Fehmi Maliqi
Numan Mustafa

Redaktimi gjuhësor/Proofreading
Prof. dr. Fatmir Sulejmani

Kopertina & faqosja / Cover design & Paging
Adnan Salih

Teksti në kopertinën e pasme / Text on the back cover
Fragment nga udhëzimet e Imam Aliut për Malik el-Eshterin, Nehxhu'l-Belaga, letra nr. 53

Përgjegjës i shtypit / Print coordinator
Mujadin Bajrami

Adresa e redaksisë / Address of the editorial office
Rr. Dervish Cara nr. 5
1200 Tetovë, Maqedoni
ISSN 2545-4412

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Founded in 2017, the Mejdani Journal on Religious, Philosophical and Scientific Thought is a quarterly publication of the GNOSA Foundation for the Culture and Science in Tetovo, Macedonia (www.gnosa.mk).

The main goal of the Mejdani journal has been to present the depth and diversity of Islamic intellectual thought, by publishing scientific papers and studies from different authors in the field of human sciences, with special emphasis on religion, philosophy, history, mysticism, sociology, philosophy of science etc. The Mejdani journal was conceived neither as a strictly academical journal aimed at expert scholars of the fields mentioned above, nor as a magazine aimed at the general populace, with short articles and superficial information. Rather it takes a middle position between the two and is aimed at the general educated class of the old and new generation, particularly individuals who would like to have a deeper insight into what Islamic thought has to offer. Despite occasionally having some articles which require prior knowledge of a certain field, the general approach has been to make Islamic wisdom accessible for this spectrum of the audience.

Apart from original articles written in Albanian, the journal has mostly featured translated articles from foreign languages, particularly English, Turkish, Bosnian and German, which have been meticulously translated, edited and proofread, in order to offer texts of highest quality. /

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E themeluar në vitin 2017, revista Mejdani mbi mendimin fetar, filozofik dhe shkencor, është botim periodik i Fondacionit për Kulturë dhe Shkencë GNOSA në Tetovë, Maqedoni (www.gnosa.mk).

Qëllimi kryesor i revistës Mejdani ka qenë paraqitja e thellësisë dhe shumëllojshmërisë së mendimit intelektual islam, duke botuar punime shkencore dhe studime nga autorë të ndryshëm në fushën e shkencave humane, me theks të veçantë mbi fenë, filozofinë, historinë, misticizmin, sociologjinë, filozofinë e shkencës etj. Revista Mejdani nuk është konceptuar as si një revistë rreptësisht akademike që u drejtohet ekspertëve të fushave të sipërpërmendura dhe as si një fletushkë që u drejtohet shtresave të gjera të popullsisë. Mejdani ndodhet në një pozitë të ndërmjetme dhe i drejtohet kryesisht shtresës së arsimuar nga gjenerata e re dhe e vjetër, e në veçanti individëve që kanë dëshirë të fitojnë njohuri më të thella lidhur me mendimin intelektual dhe shpirtëror islam.
Krahas artikujve autorialë në shqip, revista Mejdani ka botuar kryesisht artikuj të përkthyer nga gjuhë të huaja, veçanërisht nga anglishtja, turqishtja, boshnjakishtja dhe gjermanishtja. Këta artikuj janë përkthyer dhe redaktuar me kujdes të veçantë, për t’i ofruar lexuesit tekste të një cilësie të lartë gjuhësore.

Matters related to religion and faith are often accorded great importance by refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), and faith-based organizations (FBOs) are increasingly playing a critical role in performing refugee support work in various parts of the world. Despite this, little academic work has been produced exploring the work of FBOs with refugees and IDPs. This article examines the experiences of one FBO in particular, Islamic Relief, which is involved in working with refugees and IDPs in various parts of the world. The experiences of this organization reveal the importance of faith both in terms of building trust amongst refugee communities as well as in facilitating a greater sensitivity to the spiritual needs of refugees. Examples cited demonstrate the possibilities of interfaith cooperation amongst FBOs and the importance of such cooperation in areas that have experienced conflict. Finally, the experiences of Islamic Relief also demonstrate the possible complications arising because of its faith-based status in certain contexts.

Revue internationale d'archéologie et de sciences sociales sur la péninsule Arabique/International Journal of Archaeology and Social Sciences in the Arabian Peninsula 1 | 2013 : Transformations dans le genre en péninsule Arabique Transformations dans le genre en péninsule Arabique Réceptions des politiques genrées de développement

In the paper Islamism is described as a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, changing and inconsistent phenomenon. Islamism possesses many levels and manifestations. It is impossible to comprehend modern Muslim (and all the more Arab) societies without an account of the impact of Islam as simultaneously an ideology, cultural environment, modus agenda and mode of life. It would be a mistake to present Islamism as a node on the body of Muslim societies. In fact, Islamism in many respects reflects the essence of modern Muslim societies, of their mode of thought and life. It in many ways helps to maintain social, economic, political and various other spheres of life at different societal levels as well as create a peculiar Islamic pattern of modernization. In this paper we present our own vision of the reasons and grounds for the extensive and deep integration of Islamism into Muslim societies. We will present our views on its broad functions and aspects.

This research-based paper aims to develop a working concept of ‚Kota Santri‛ that sheds the light to instrumentation of Santri City Index. Our proposed index will not only contest western inspired Rehman-Askari Global Islamicity Index, but also Maarif Institute Indeks Kota Islami (IKI) of Indonesia which ignored local values in its indicators. Three fundamental concepts of walayah, insaniyyah, and ma’ruf proposed as foundational scaffolding that deduced from primary, secondary, and tertier legal resources in Islam. In first phase, the forementioned three fundamental principles serve as guiding principles to six legal values which will be break down into variables and indicators of the proposed index. The next phase of research elaborate four areas simultaneously; 1) fundamental concepts (metaframework, archetypal model, and ‘urf) namely; walayahinsaniyyah-ma’ruf, 2) six legal values: freedom, justice, balanced relations of God-human-environment, equality, social werlfare, acommodati...