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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
The Islamic Studies CenterIntroductions & Definitions
Islamic Studies Center is a non-governmental establishment that has an illuminating project aims to spread awareness ,culture of dialogue, as well as participating in the trend towards renewal and openness, and building up bridges of trust and love with the current movements in arabic, Islamic, and international communities, in order to achieve a sort of integration between human struggle for liberty, justice, and democracy, and the basic Islamic values which endorse them.
All that comes in a real need to deal with the impacts of fundamentalism and extremism, which distorted the picture of Islam in lots of nations, through different media resources.
Main Objectives• To present Islam and arabic civilization through mass media, and to set up a constructive dialogue with other cultures.
• To participate in reactivating the movements that advocate the idea of revival in the Islamic world.
• To contribute to the Islamic-Islamic dialogue, respecting diversity, and freedom in selecting from Islamic jurisprudence…and to give up the idea of extremism.
• To set up the secular-islamic dialogue, in an effort to reinforce the common, and unify the various efforts to achieve the common goals, and manifest Islamic tolerance.
• To contribute to the Christian-Islamic dialogue, on the base that both religions are the greatest on earth and that Syria was a center from which both spread.
Means and Methods
The center employs the following methods:
• Organizing lectures and specified seminars that serve the center’s goals.
• Participating in the regional and local conferences, to illuminate the picture of the moderate Islam, and shared living (Syrian model).
• Preparing and presenting radio and television programs that aim at serving the mission of revival.
• Holding positive debate conferences, to reinforce the common, and unify the efforts in the field of confronting western materialism.
• Establishing a network of scientific relations with western universities, and similar studies centers, for the purpose of implementing more cooperation, expertise exchange, and making use of all possible occasions to introduce Islam and Arabic civilization.
• Publishing books and researches that serve revival and awareness.
• Organizing special meetings for the tourist groups which visit Damascus, in order to introduce Islam and Arabic civilization, and drive away the illusions, that became widespread in the west, about fundamentalism and extremism in the Muslim world.
Rules and Bases
Islamic Studies Center is a private non-governmental association. It was established in 1987 by some of Damascus notable personages.
Those are :
Dr. Mahmoud Keftaro, Dr. Mohammad Habash, Sheik Monzer Al-Dakr, Sheik Maa’shouk Elkhaznawi, and others.
The center runs its activities through tow apparatuses:
1- The Board of Trustees.
2- The General Administration.
General Administration
The General Administration has tow kinds of activities:
First: daily activities of overseeing full time and part time researchers, and administrative employees, in what’s related to the issue of enforcing and carrying out the annual plan of the center, which in turn consists of various studies and researches….etc.
Second: the irregular projects in which the center participates, like conferences, forums, and other scientific and cultural contests, organized by the center.
The administrative members at the center are as followes:
• General Director.
• Assistant General Director.
• Secretary of the Center.
• Administrative Director.
• International Public Relation
• Research section ( four full time rsearchers ).
There are also eight part time researchers. The number of academics who worked with the center in the last year has reached 48.
Prospective Goals
The center looks forward to improve its activities through the following levels:
• Launching a scientific magazine that advocates issues of revival and dialogue.
• Launching a satellite channel specialized in these issues, as well as defending Islamic and Arabic civilization.
• Launching the Omayad University, close to the Omayad Mosque.
• Theuniversity will be interested in heritage , revival matters, and have a number of faculties as follows:
o Faculty of Orientalism Studies: This faculty receives students from European and western universities, and provides scientific specializations, courses, and research opportunities, in an effort to correct the common application of studying Orientalism in western cities at the time Orientalism is originally the state of pursuing and studying eastern sciences. There is no doubt that this would be a big jump to achieve academic justice towards our causes in the western scientific societies.
o Faculty of Comparative Religious Studies: Specialists from all religions organize the curriculum of this field, and various religious clerics teach it, so that the faculty becomes a civilized milestone for Syria in the world, and an institute for religious cultures, as well as a symbol for shared living among people from all religions.
o Faculty of Islamic Sects: This would be a faculty of comparative jurisprudence, in which traditionally removed (hidden) sects are taught, like Jaaferi, Ismaeli, Zaidi, Ibadi, Sofi, Moutazali, and Zahiri, in addition to the four already taught sects. Teaching and curriculum are provided by some jurists who belong to these sects, so that the heritage of them is saved, and the Syrian model of shared living is boosted.
o Faculty of Islamic Arts: The artistic performance throughout the islamic history would be a major interest. The faculty is expected to teach this sort of knowledge in general, and the Syrian arts in specific. A branch for studying Christian arts would be opened.
o Faculty of Islamic Architecture: This is going to teach Islamic Architecture, like building mosques, schools, libraries, and homes.
The center has fulfilled whatever possible of its objectives since 1987. Twenty books have been published, and hundreds of positive forums and seminars have also been organized.
Major Universities and international organizations with which the center coordinated:
• International Center for Religion & Diplomacy
• University Of Love And Peace, Japan.
• Lond University, Sweden.
• Faxho University.
• Princeton University, USA.
• International Union for Religions, Seoul.
• UNISCO, New York.
• Islamic International Council for Call and Relief.
• Coalition for Good, Jeddah.
• Islamic Society, London.
• Lutheran Church, Finland.
• Helsinki University, Finland.
• Religions for Peace, New York.
• Al-Sham Scholar Council, Jordan.
• Islamic World Conference, Karachi.
• International Islamic Forum for Dialogue, Jeddah.
Programs Under Planning:
-The Committee on Islamic-Christian Dialogue:
The committee aims to coordinate efforts among all national powers that participate in the religious debate, in a way gives a clear message about the pioneer Syrian model of shared living can be powerfully delivered to the world through the committee. In addition, we look forward to have a balanced plan in order to take part in all activities of religious debate in the world, through a national mechanism that harmonizes between formal and informal activities.
The committee is also going to launch its activities to cooperate with international organizations, which are interested in religious dialogue, in order to establish a mutual projects for achieving the goals of coexistence.
The center is now working on preparing the appropriate invitations to the religious and cultural references in Syria for the purpose of launching this sort of activity.
-Islamic Dialogue Committee:The committee aims at launch non-governmental efforts to communicate with the Moslem nations in order to get more solidarity with Syria in reaction to the challenges imposed upon us at this time, and because of the necessity to overpass all controversies, and building up mutual cultural, scientific, and religious projects, with all able authorities in the Moslem world. All of that is for the purpose of explaining our causes to the Moslem world.
The center attempts to get the biggest possible number of Sharia (Islamic law) scientist from all districts to participate in the programs and activities of the committee.
Some published works: - Al-noor Tafseer
- The Common is More Than What You Think
- Women Between The Islamic Law and Life
- The Path of Revival and Reform
- The Comprehensive Book on Frequent Readings
- Banks and Interest
- In the Heart of The Mission
- Moslems and Sciences of The Age
- A Call to the West
- The Renewal of Speech on Islam
The temporary address of the center:
Eastern Hana Building
Maysat Sq.
Damascus
General Director: Dr. M. Al-Habash.
www.altajdeed.org
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