Islamic Community Jama 'at-un Nur
The Islamic Community Jama'at-un Nur was founded in Cologne in 1979 and is committed to the teachings of Said Nursi (1876–1960). This Jama'at does not maintain any mosques , instead it disseminates its ideas through study circles (called madrasas) and publications, including Risale-i Nur , the main work of the founder Said Nursi. She is one of the founding members of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany . She represents a traditional Orthodox Islam.
In Europe, some Risale-i Nur students are represented by the European Risale-i Nur Association.
Self-presentation
Jama'at-un Nur, Community of Light, sees itself as a Sunni-Muslim enlightenment movement, which has set itself the goal of reconciling modernity with Islam. It therefore demands and promotes a reinterpretation of the Koran in the light of our time.
In addition to the Koran and Sunna, the community venerates the main work of its founder, Risale-i Nur , as a logical and scientifically founded concept for overcoming current problems of the Islamic community .
Structure and organization
In the course of the fifties, groups of friends were set up in many places in Turkey to discuss Said Nursi's works. They gradually formed a national community whose centers were and are primarily the universities. With the wave of migration in the sixties and seventies, numerous members of these circles of friends came to the countries of Western Europe, where they set up their own madrasas at national level. The Jama 'at-un Nur Deutschland has existed in Germany since 1967.
The community of light is an open community with a grassroots democratic orientation. It is financed solely through the commitment of its members.
tasks and goals
Across all currents within the Community of Light, Jama'at-un Nur, the members strive for the following goals:
- On the one hand, about working with and on Said Nursi's work.
- On the other hand, the community is dedicated to the spiritual care of Muslims in the diaspora .
- For many years this has included conscious engagement in the Abrahamic dialogue.
The way this inner-Islamic work is socially determined, but not bound by party politics. This applies both to the diaspora and to the home country of Turkey.
Madrasah
In the Turkish university cities, the local groups come together in madrasas , which freely choose their speaker. These speakers meet regularly at the national provincial level. To which any other member can join. The decisions are made in open discussions. Today's spokesman for the German Jama'at-un Nur is the Cologne teacher Rustem Ülker. In addition to this national community, there are numerous independent groups. The movements as a whole maintain several publishers and various magazines.
The main medrese in German-speaking countries is in Cologne .
Understanding of integration
To understand the community of integration include: linguistic integration, professional integration, social integration, mental integration, neighborliness, participation in social tasks: "WE feeling", equal treatment and equal rights, equal opportunities and dialogue on an equal footing, preservation of social peace, observance of Laws.
literature
- Cemil Şahinöz : The Nurculuk Movement. Creation, organization and networking. The first sociological and scientific analysis of movement. Nesil Verlag: Istanbul, 2008 (a work by a representative of the movement)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Islam and Muslims in Germany. Brill, Leiden 2008, p. 38
- ↑ http://www.erna-nur.com