The Medina Charter: a historical case of conflict resolution
There are many examples in Islamic history of Muslims coexisting with various religious groups. The Medina Charter, which provided a basis for a city-state between the Muslims and the Jews in the medieval Muslim city of Medina, was the first written constitution in Islam and the first documented cas...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2009
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Année: 2009, Volume: 20, Numéro: 4, Pages: 439-450 |
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Gemeindeordnung von Medina
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Recherche sur les conflits
B Zivilisationsdifferenzen / Kulturdifferenzen B Konfliktbeendigung / Armistice / Kriegsbeendigung B Médiation B peace idea / concept of peace B end of war / end of conflict / armistice B Médiation / Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung B Islam B Conflict B Conflit B civilizational conflict / cultural diversity B conflict research B Friedensvorstellung |
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| Résumé: | There are many examples in Islamic history of Muslims coexisting with various religious groups. The Medina Charter, which provided a basis for a city-state between the Muslims and the Jews in the medieval Muslim city of Medina, was the first written constitution in Islam and the first documented case of constitutional law. It is also a historical example of conflict resolution in Islam. This article examines the methods of conflict resolution in the Medina Charter in comparison with the modern ideas of Western conflict resolution theory—mediation, fractioning, and focusing on goals and interests as opposed to individual religion, and power-balancing. The article also addresses the issues of conflict resolution and culture, outlining the differences between basic Islamic and Western cultural assumptions that in turn shape their different approaches to conflict mediation. However, in its comparison of the two approaches, it finds generic, universal assumptions of conflict resolution that persist despite differing cultural languages. The comparison between the Medina Charter and Western conflict resolution was conducted with the intent to enlighten current efforts towards mediation between Muslim societies and other intercultural communities of the globalized world. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contient: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410903194894 |