试析马坚译《古兰经》中gawmu一词的翻译——基于汉文本、英文本及波斯文本之比较

gawmu一词在马坚译《古兰经》中被翻译为宗族、民众、百姓。文章通过对马坚译《古兰经》与伊朗Tahereh Saffarzadeh所译英文本和波斯文本《古兰经》中gawmu的译义进行初步的比较与分析,认为马坚译《古兰经》将gawmu一词翻译为宗族、民众、百姓基本符合原意,但将其翻译为宗族则略显勉强。     

Iran’s implicit philosophy of education*

Abstract

This paper aims to extract Iran’s philosophy of education from two sources of the constitution and the course of practice in educational institutions. Regarding the first source, it is argued that parallel to the two main threads of the constitution, Iran’s main elements of philosophy of education are expected to be derived from; (1) Islam and (2) democracy. The challenge in front of this feature of Iran’s implicit philosophy of education refers to the seemingly contradictory relation between the two components of Islam and democracy. It is argued that the hard contrast being held between religion and liberal democracy is not defensible and that there could be compatibilities between the two. As for the second source, it is shown that there are concerns about the main trends that underpin Iranian educational institutions. One trend is that the religious education in Iran is at the threat of becoming dogmatic and being overwhelmed by indoctrination. The second trend, referring to the minorities’ education, shows a further challenge regarding recognition of minorities’ right to education. Finally, the third trend is related to the embrace of neoliberalism in Iranian educational endeavors. It is argued that this trend provides a tension in the overall corpus of the country’s philosophy of education.     

从《古兰经》看真正的“吉哈德”

《古兰经》作为伊斯兰教的根本经典,对于\"吉哈德\"有明确的解释和说明。而对之进行误读和曲解,才会导致\"暴力\"的观点和做法。文章从《古兰经》的文本解读入手,主要论述了真正的\"吉哈德\"是奋斗,而不是战争和暴力,更不是恐怖主义的问题。     

“Piety Stories”: Muslim Tatar Women’s Identity Performance,Negotiation, and Transformation through Storytelling

This article examines “piety stories”—Muslim Tatar women’s narratives about adopting daily Islamic practices, such as five prayers or headscarves, in Tatarstan, Russia. I argue that sharing piety stories is a communicative way of performing identities, negotiating group memberships, and reaffirming one’s commitment to Muslim piety. These narratives provide a discursive way for the speaker to practice being a Muslim and for the audience, a blueprint for becoming one. By detailing a way of being where Muslim piety becomes one’s moral compass and source of agency, piety stories illustrate a culturally meaningful relationship among identity, Muslim piety, and local communicative practices.     

The smell of sweat and rum: teacher authority in capoeira classes

The Brazilian martial art, capoeira, is popular in many countries outside Brazil, including the UK. Capoeira is generally taught by Brazilians whose livelihood depends on recruiting and retaining enough paying customers to keep their classes economically viable and socially pleasurable for the students. The teachers also have to establish and maintain authority over their students who are young adults with many other ways to spend their time and money. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in three British cities, the ways in which teacher authority is established, challenged and maintained are explored, including claims to authenticity, physical prowess, race, renaming the students, and skill on the dance floor.     

Missionary girl power: saving the ‘Third World’ one girl at a time

Deborah Ellis’s The Breadwinner is a popular young adult novel about Muslim girls. In this paper, we offer an analysis of the representation of Muslim girls and women in the book as well as responses from undergraduate students enrolled in a children’s literature course to these constructions. Building on the work of postcolonial feminism (specifically the concept of paternalistic care) and critical pedagogy (the role of popular cultural texts as education), we argue that The Breadwinner, and similar historical fictions aimed at youth, wittingly or unwittingly focus on the real and/or imagined plight of ‘other’ girls/women. These representations build upon a care ethic central to the project and history of schooling in the West that in turn results in the stabilisation of colonial relations of domination between white women/girls and colonised women/girls.     

凯末尔改革中的伊斯兰教

凯末尔世俗化思想的形成一方面是由于他继承了早期的世俗主义，另一方面是由于民族解放战争的推动。凯末尔改革使土耳其走上了现代化之路，但改革只局限在大城市和精英阶层，这种局限性为日后土耳其的伊斯兰复兴埋下了伏笔。