Jawdat Said

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Jawdat Said (2006)

Jawdat Said (جودت سعيد Jaudat Said , born February 9, 1931 in Bi'r Ajam ) is a Syrian Muslim thinker. He advocates the thesis that violence is incompatible with the Islamic faith, and with his works has created an approach for a non-violent Islam.

Life

Jawdat Said was born in a Circassian village in the province of Quneitra in Syria and attended elementary school there. In 1946, at his father's request, he went to Egypt and studied Arabic at Al-Azhar University . He then returned to Syria to do his military service; he was noticed because he repeatedly refused to take part in armed conflicts. Because of this, he was detained in a military prison for some time.

He later taught Arabic at a grammar school in Damascus and campaigned for non-violence. This again led to his imprisonment and his discharge from civil service. In 1973 Said returned to Bi'r Ajam and has lived there ever since.

Works

Jawdat Said became known for his books in which he defended his concept for a non-violent Islam. His works are available in Arabic or English.

English language works

  • The Doctrine of the First Son of Adam . 1964
  • Until they change what is in themselves . 1972
  • Read! and your lord is most generous . 1987
  • Be as Adams son . 1996
  • Religion and Law . 2001
  • Work is Ability and Will

Arabic works

  • al-Islam wa-al-Gharb wa-al-dimuqratiyah: Qiraat wa-taliqat ala maqalatayi, Sidam al-hadarat li-Samuil Hantinghtun Dar al-Fikr al-Muasir al-Tabah, 1996, ISBN 1-575-47273-2 .
  • Kun ka-ibn Adam. Dar al-Fikr al-Muasir al-Tabah, 1997, ISBN 1-575-47376-3 .
  • al-Din wa-al-qanun: Ruyah Quraniyah. Dar al-Fikr al-Muasir al-Tabah, 1998, ISBN 1-575-47550-2 .

literature

  • Muhammad Sameer Murtaza : An Ethic of Nonviolence - An Approach by the Syrian Scholar Jawdat Sa'id . In: Jörgen Klußmann, Muhammad Sameer Murtaza, Holger-C. Rohne, Yahya Wardak: Nonviolence, Politics and Tolerance in Islam , Springer Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2015: 123–140.

Effects

His works spread in Muslim countries and he became known there. He influenced the new generation of Syrian nonviolence activists.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ en.qantara.de: Bashar Humeid: Islam as a Violence-Free Religion. Retrieved December 4, 2014 . (English)
  2. ↑ syrianobserver.com of January 7, 2014: Who's who: Jawdat Said. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 8, 2014 ; Retrieved December 4, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / syrianobserver.com
personal data
SURNAME Said, Jawdat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES جودت سعيد (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION sytic muslim thinker
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bi'r Ajam