Abstract:
From an/the Islamic perspective, there is nothing outside of Islam, i.e. Islam simultaneously covers both what is religious and what is secular. This is (one of) the book’s primary thesis, which is explored through a range of contexts. This thesis is based on the conceptual distinctions between secularity and secularism, between religion and Islam, between religion and religiosity, and between what is and is not religious within Islam. In addition to religion, which includes clear commands, prohibitions, and criteria for what should or should not be done by Muslims, Islam also contains a legislative void space of the permissible or “the neutral space”. This non-religious Islamic space allows Muslims to act as they deem appropriate in the context, provided that they remain committed to the general values of Islam. The paper challenges traditional and widespread approaches to the relationship between Islam and secularity, which posit a dichotomy between Islam or religion and secularity, considering secularity as opposite to, and not overlapping with, Islam. I argue that secularity, as a distinction between the religious and the non-religious, is embedded in Islam and neither is separate from it nor forms its counterpart.
Bio:
Dr. Housamedden Darwish studied philosophy and specialized in Hermeneutics and methodology of social and human sciences. He earned his Master degree in Philosophy at Bordeaux University which was followed in 2010 by his Ph.D. in Philosophy on the French philosopher Paul Ricœur. He worked as freelance researcher, visiting researcher, and teaching assistant on the subjects of Eastern philosophy and the Arab uprising, and on transcultural concepts, as well as on Political Islam and Modernity. Dr. Darwish participated in presentations and panel discussions worldwide, with a focus on the Arab and Islamic thought, political and moral philosophy, cultural studies and migration Studies. He has numerous papers and articles in the field of philosophy, politics and Arab and Islamic thought. Furthermore, he published several books about the hermeneutical philosophy and the French philosopher Paul Ricœur as well as about Arab political thought, Syrian revolution and asylum. Currently, Dr. Darwish is Assistant Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies of Cologne University and at the Department of Philosophy of Duisburg-Essen University, Germany.
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