Illuminatio #10
Year V, Autumn MMXXIV; Featured articles
Editorial
Dear readers, If someone had asked me four years ago (2020) whether the Magazine would live (survive) to the miracle number X, I would not have been able to give an affirmative answer.
Antagonism Between Occidental Definition of Art and Characterization of the Modalities of the qadar/sina at Discourse (part three)
The paper analyzes the relationship between Occidental-Westernized understanding of art and a possible status of art within an integrated discourse – al-thawābit al-islāmiyyah, as well as the aesthetic-metaphysical experience of the traditional Islamic systematization of knowledge – ṣināʿat...
A Reflection on one Millennium of Maturidi's Theology (944-2024)
This paper is marking the more than one millennium since Imām Abū Manṣūr Māturīdī’s death anniversary by highlighting his pivotal role in shaping the main stream of Sunni orthodox theology. It seeks to draw attention to a signi cant revival of Māturīdism in terms of promoting a rational...
Muslim Identity in the Balkans Before the Establishment of Nation States
The aim of this paper is to dive into the national and ethnic identities in the Balkans, and how the Muslim national identity was developed in contrast to the Southeastern European Christians. It also delves into the phenomenon whereby a faith (theoretically, at least) privileged religious belief...
Foreign Influences in Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina Since 1995
This paper describes the historical role of Islam as the majority religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the predominantly Christian religion in Europe. A special focus was placed on the activities of the Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the recent war and peace in the struggle to...
The Islamic Alternative to Sigmund Freud’s Notion of Happiness & Civilization
This paper offers an alternative to Feurd’s notion of happiness and civilization expressed in an introducing to the Islamic worldview which seeks to liberate humanity from worldly tyranny, including the tyranny of mere pleasure in order to guide men towards a peaceful (Islamic) recognition of and...
Both the Disease and the Cure are in Man
Author Khaled Bentounes. Medicine for the Soul. Throughout the known history of mankind, the human soul has constantly been the subject of thorough observation and research by various scientific disci- plines and the central subject around which many reli- gious teachings have been created or have...