Islam's Modern Day Ibn Battutas: Gülen teachers journeying towards the divine
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01/01/2015
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There is a longstanding debate on whether Muslims can be modern. Some argue that they can only be so if they forsake their traditions and embrace rationalism. In this article I argue that the Gülen Movement, a transnational Turkish Muslim educational activist network has found a middle ground by blending religious traditions with modern day realities. Drawing on interviews from the movement's teachers and graduates of its schools, from Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, I explore, through the prism of al-riḥla fī ṭalab al-ʿilm (travel in search of knowledge), their maintenance of the longstanding Islamic ritual of travel as a means of excelling both professionally and religiously. In turn, I demonstrate how the movement, on a number of levels, effectively reconciles the spiritual and the everyday through updating Islamic practices to better integrate themselves and other Muslims into a globalised world. |
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eng |
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Taylor & Francis |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30069357/t112658-Tittensor---Modern-Day-Ibn-Batut.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30069357/tittensor-islamsmodern-2015.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2014.993864 http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2014.993864 |
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2015, Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
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Journal Article |