Tag: Chinese
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Vernacular Voices, Universal Wisdom: Liu Zhi and the Making of a Sino-Islamic Tradition
The Islamic intellectual tradition has never lived by doctrine alone; it has lived by its capacity to speak truly in the languages of the people who carry it. I believe its remedy is twofold: internal repair, a disciplined return to our theological and ethical sources; and lateral expansion, the cultivation of dialogues beyond the West,…
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East Asia in the Islamic Civilization: Han-kitab as Minority Literature
The following is adapted from Dr. Qayyim Naoki Yamamoto’s lecture Muslim Scholars in Japan: Contemplating Islam in a Non-Muslim Society. It is part three of a three-part lecture series entitled ‘East Asia and Islam: Present, Past, and Future’ at the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES). This lecture was generously transcribed and edited…