Abstract
In the last ten years, the world has witnessed much debate on new forms of the global phenomena of fundamentalism and extremism. It is clear that many view Muslims as “the other” or outsider and vice-versa; an attitude of “us and them”, “our community and their community”. The concept of a ‘clash of civilisations’ has become part of our everyday vocabulary. The objective of this article is namely to develop the theory of Aman (peaceful co-existence and mutual respect) as a Muslim contribution to normative considerations in international relations theory. It is found that the main four components of this theory are: the methodology of Tadafu’ (counteraction), the concept of Adil (justice), the principle of not excluding others, and the constructive argumentation methodology. The theory has been tested and implemented by examining, in particular, Umar Assurance of Aman and the negotiations between Salah al-Din and King Richard I ‘the Lionheart’ of England over Islamicjerusalem in 1191. It is hoped that this theory could help place Muslim contributions in the epitome of global discourse of international relations theory, set the scene to advance the current research on the Muslim contributions to international relations theory including peace study and conflict resolution, and open up and promote intellectual and academic debate and understanding of this Muslim contributions to shed light on new lines of explanation. Although Islamicjerusalem is the most delicate issue of dispute between the current two conflicting parties, it is hoped that this theory will provide a better understanding for the world leaders who are trying to return peace to the region.
Highlights
In the last ten years, the world has witnessed much debate on new forms of the global phenomena of fundamentalism and extremism
People are more aware of the intense political climate and clashes that have come to be known as “fundamentalism” or “extremism”
What these terms mean exactly has yet to be defined, but it is the author’s view that at the root of such phenomena lies in the disease of ignorance or extreme interpretation of texts
Summary
In the last ten years, the world has witnessed much debate on new forms of the global phenomena of fundamentalism and extremism. People are more aware of the intense political climate and clashes that have come to be known as “fundamentalism” or “extremism”. What these terms mean exactly has yet to be defined, but it is the author’s view that at the root of such phenomena lies in the disease of ignorance or extreme interpretation of texts. Education is the most essential way to beat extremists, and to achieve peaceful co-existence and mutual respect. This is a challenge to all communities who should be able to respect each others’ differences and have a common ground and a shared purpose. On the basis of the current conflict in West Asia region, one can define Islamicjerusalem’s1 history more in terms of conflict and exclusion than a common open place for peaceful co-existence and mutual respect
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