FAQ: UNIFICAZIONISMO E L'ISLAM:
RISPETTO RECIPROCO
E SFORZO CONGIUNTO PER IL BENEFICIO DEL MONDO
RISPETTO RECIPROCO E SFORZO CONGIUNTO PER IL BENEFICIO DEL MONDO
Overview of Unificationism and
Islam:
Poiché
Questo significa che agli Unificazionisti viene insegnato il valore dell' Islam e dei Mussulmani, e cercano attivamente di lavorare con loro per raggiungere l'armonia interreligiosa, un mondo di pace e un miglioramento della vita per tutti. Un buon numero di Mussulmani sono attivi nei progetti del Movimento dell'Unificazione, e un buon numero di Unificazionisti sono attivi nel sostenere i progetti mussulmani.
LA POSIZIONE UNIFICAZIONISTA SU ARGOMENTI
ISLAMICI IMPORTANTI
Il Profeta Mohammed
L'essenza della storia umana è il lavoro di Dio di restaurare la Sua amata creazione umana in uno stato di unità con Lui. Per poterlo fare, Dio ha mandato molti profeti, che Lui ha ispirato con la verità e la saggezza, e il coraggio di condividere le loro conoscenze con gli altri. Questa è un processo evolutivo: come gli esseri umani crescono nella loro comprensione, Dio è capace di rivelare a loro di più della Sua volontà e della Sua verità. Perciò, Mohammed è stato mandato da Dio come un profeta per condividere la luce in aree di ignoranza umana e di costruire con il contributo delle religioni precedenti nel portare l'umanità verso un mondo di amore, giustizia e bontà.
Il Corano
Il Profeta Mohammed ha ricevuto le rivelazioni
dall'angelo Gabriele che sono state riunite in sure, o capitoli, del
Corano (o Qur’an). Alcuni di queste indirizzano argomenti del momento,
sopratutto in Mecca e Medina. Altri indirizzano le domande eterne dell'esistenza,
fornendo una struttura teologica per comprendee l'universo e la vita e un
sistema di leggi basate sulla dottrina coranica, chiamate sharia.
La Sharia
L'insegnamento religioso è sempre
tradotto in una serie di norme e leggi per una vita morale che mira a
portare all'unione con la volontà e le leggi di Dio. Nell' Islam, queste norme e
leggi, sono chiamate
sharia, sono basate sulle rivelazioni contenute nel Corano, e anche
nelle hadith, o tradizioni, della vita del Profeta Mohammed (pace su di
lui) come descritto dai suoi primi discepoli. Le quattro scuole principali della sharia
sono di tradizione sunnita e sono fondamentalmente importanti nelle
vite di centinaia di milioni di Mussulmani. così come anche le atre scuole
incluse quelle sciite. L'Unificazionismo è d'accordo con l'Islam che
poiché le persone vivono nell' ignoranza di Dio, hanno bisogno di leggi che li
guidano verso la maturità e l'illuminazione.
Islam has provided an understanding of God and a guide for a moral life to more than one billion people around the world. In some cases, Islam has been successful where other religions have not done well. Unificationism believes that the value of religion can only be measured correctly in terms of the virtues it implants and fosters in individuals, families, societies and nations. Islam has provided the religious base for the virtuous lives of countless people and social structures.
Il Contributo dell'Islam al Mondo
A millennium ago, when Europe was plunged in the ‘Dark Ages’, Islam flourished and made significant contributions to science, philosophy, mathematics and medicine. There were Muslim philosophers and physicians such as Al Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna to the West) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes); there were mathematicians such as Al Khawarizmi, considered the father of algebra; historians such as Ibn Khaldoun; and great mystical writers and poets such as Rumi and Al Ghazali. Cities such as Isfahan and Bukhara, and later Cairo and Cordoba, were centers of scholarship and learning. None was more outstanding than Baghdad, which at the time of the Caliph Harun Al Rashid, in the 9th Century CE, was more advanced than any European city. Many Muslim men of letters wrote impressive commentaries on the works of Aristotle, and sought to reconcile Islam with logic and philosophy. Ibn Rushd insisted that the Koran should be studied on the basis of rational thought. Ibn Sina is said to have memorized the Koran by the age of seven, but also to have read Aristotle’s Metaphysics 40 times as a teen. Islam continues to make contributions to the world through the men and women it inspires, in all walks of life.
La Creazione di Dio
The ideal of God’s creation, a world
of God-centered men and women living in love and peace with one another, is an
ideal that Unificationism shares with Islam. In this world, the love of God will
be reflected in the God-centered love among people, and the laws of God will be
the basis for the laws of society.
The Fall of Man and Original Sin
The Koran
describes the disobedience of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, in literal
terms. Unificationism understands this disobedience to mean specifically that
Adam and Eve failed to obey God’s instructions for them to establish pure and
moral lives as a man and woman separately, before being joined together by God
as a married couple blessed with the fullest endowment of God’s love. As a
blessed couple they would have been the parents of a sinless human race. Their
disobedience, or sin, was the original sin, which resulted in their descendants
being born distant from God and sinful, a state of separation from God clearly
demonstrated when Cain, their first son, killed his own younger brother, Abel.
Jesus came as the second Adam with the mission to restore the original family and a pure lineage. Unificationism agrees with Islam that Jesus was a sinless man, and not God. It also agrees with Islam that Jesus came as the prophesied Messiah. Jesus was sent to the people whom God had, for some two millennia, since the time of Abraham, prepared to receive the Messiah. Unfortunately, Jesus was not widely accepted by the Jewish people as the long-awaited Messiah, and as a result was put to death by the Romans, following his indictment by some Jewish leaders. The death of Jesus meant that the providence of salvation, or restoration, was prolonged. It also meant that a place was created for the arrival of a new prophet and religion, Mohammed and Islam.
Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael
If Abraham had not made an error in his sacrifice of animals, he would not have been called upon by God to sacrifice a son. Isaac and Ishmael, as the sons of a victorious Abraham, would have been in a position to build together the foundations for the nation and world God has always wanted and had promised Abraham. Instead, the brothers were alienated. Isaac fathered Jacob, who became the father of the 12 tribes of Israel, and Ishmael fathered the 12 tribes of the Arabs. Resentments between the two estranged brothers became the seeds of historical resentment between the Ishmaelites and Israelites, the Arabs and the Jews.
Reconciliation Among Jews, Christians, Arabs and Muslims
God has worked with all the descendants of Abraham to raise them up in His image, to make them mature, loving men and women capable of fulfilling the original ideal of creation. But despite all God’s efforts, all too often the people He has loved and blessed have not fulfilled their portion of responsibility and have gone against God’s will. As a result, the history of relations between the Jews, and later their spiritual offspring, the Christians, on the one hand, and the Arabs and their spiritual offspring, the Muslims, on the other, has been full of resentment, anger and conflict, with all too rare episodes of amity. Unificationism sees Jews, Christians, Arabs and Muslims as descendants of a single ancestor, Abraham, and a single spiritual parent, God. As such, they should seek reconciliation through mutual respect and love. This reconciliation is the key to resolving the religion-related conflicts of the world today.
