Tag: japan
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Naruto and Other Godless Heroes: Can Manga Bear The Weight of Islam?
Bringing manga and Islam into conversation is, at its core, an attempt to explore where human moral imagination meets divine revelation. The question that begs to be answered is: can artistic imagination, through its sincerity, still orient the heart toward a transcendent source it no longer names? Is the persistence of moral beauty within the…
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Soetsu Yanagi: ‘The Beauty of Everyday Things’
“The Beauty of Everyday Things,” is a compilation of writings by Soetsu Yanagi (1889 – 1961), an art historian and philosopher of religion, who founded the Mingei (民芸) movement of Japanese folk art, inspired by the beautifully hand-crafted objects created by ordinary and often unknown artisans for everyday use. [1] Influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris, his…
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علماء المسلمين في اليابان: التفكر في الإسلام في مجتمع غير مسلم
ما يلي مقتبس من محاضرة الدكتور قييم ناوكي ياماموتو ، العلماء المسلمون في اليابان: التفكير في الإسلام في مجتمع غير مسلم. وهو جزء من سلسلة محاضرات من ثلاثة أجزاء بعنوان “شرق آسيا والإسلام: الحاضر والماضي والمستقبل” في مركز الدراسات الآسيوية والشرق أوسطية (CAMES). تم اختصار النص وتحريره للتدفق مع بعض التعليقات الإضافية من قبل الدكتور…
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Is it Possible to Create a Japanese Islamicate Culture?
In history, Islam showed itself to be culturally friendly… In China, Islam looked Chinese; in Mali, it looked African. Sustained cultural relevance to distinct peoples, diverse places, and different times underlay Islam’s long success as a global civilization.
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Muslim Scholars in Japan: Contemplating Islam in a Non-Muslim Society
I suspect most people are not familiar with Islamic history in East Asia, despite the region being home to one of the world’s oldest masjids, built in 7th or 8th century China. More recently, in 20th century Japan, the Kobe Masjid was built and mostly supported by foreign Tatar, Turkish, and South Asian Muslims. (You…
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Khawla Nakata Kaori, the First Japanese Female Muslim Scholar
Khawla Nakata Kaori may not be known in the Muslim world at large, but her contributions to Islam in Japan and the Muslim community especially, cannot be understated. I, for one, personally benefited from her works and ideas, and the many who knew her were touched by her personality and intellectual grace. A dedicated Muslima…
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The Bond Between Islamic Civilization and Japanese Civilization: Manga
This is an English translation of an interview Dr. Naoki Yamamoto gave to Merve Yiğit for a Turkish magazine. It has been republished with the permission of Dr. Naoki Yamamoto and the magazine.
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L’aspect esthétique de la loi islamique
Lorsqu’il est question de la loi islamique, en particulier dans un contexte propice à la polémique, elle est habituellement abordé d’un angle moral ou pratique.
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The Aesthetics of Islamic Law
When Islamic law is discussed, particularly in a polemical context, it is usually evaluated from either a moral or a practical angle.