{"id":718,"date":"2022-11-20T13:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2022-11-20T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T10:59:24","slug":"faith-versus-tradition-in-islam-mustafa-akyol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=718","title":{"rendered":"Faith versus tradition in Islam | Mustafa Akyol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mustafa Akyol, journalist. March 2011 (17:08)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tUn_uoYKoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">I. Pre-watching task.<\/mark><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Working in pairs answer the question:<\/strong><br>Why do you think one and the same religion may have different rituals and<br>traditions in different countries?<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">II. For questions a-f decide whether the statements are true, false or no information is given (if false, explain why):<\/mark><\/strong><br>a) The tradition of seclusion of women predated Islam.<br>b) The speaker calls on pious, conservative Muslims to stick to their traditions because they are divinely mandated.<br>c) The Koran neither has punishment for apostasy or drinking nor condones<br>stoning.<br>d) Authoritarianism is inherent in the political culture of Muslim societies. e) Islam created the idea of the individual in the Middle East and saved man<br>from the collectivism of the tribe.<br>f) In the 18th century Islamic modernism was advanced by intellectuals and<br>statesmen, not just as an intellectual idea, but also as a political program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">III. Answer the comprehension questions:<\/mark><\/strong><br>1) What beliefs or misconceptions about cultural and political traditions of<br>Muslim societies does the author seek to dispel?<br>2) How does he account for the existing practice of dividing men and women<br>and cruel rituals in Muslim communities?<br>3) How did it happen that many Muslim countries tend to be authoritarian?<br>4) What led to the rise of Islamism?<br>5) What point does Mustafa Akyol seek to illustrate talking about the modern and contemporary history of Turkey?<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">IV. Identify the topic and the thesis of the talk given by Mustafa Akyol.<br>V. Give the gist\/summary of the talk.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mustafa Akyol, journalist. March 2011 (17:08) I. Pre-watching task. Working in pairs answer the question:Why do you think one and the same religion may have different rituals andtraditions in different countries?II. For questions a-f decide whether the statements are true, false or no information is given (if false, explain why):a) The tradition of seclusion of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}