TY  - GEN
A1  - Yitik, Ali Ihsan
T1  - Islam and pluralism : does Quran approve religious pluralism?
T2  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur
N2  - As for the relation between Islam and pluralism, it seems a little bit complicated. There are some verses in The Koran for pluralism and at the same time we have some verses against. Among the sayings of Prophet Muhammad like the some Koranic verses, we came across with something good and bad for non-Muslims in special contexts. By another saying, we find both positive and negative statements for Jews and Christians in different circumstances. Muslim scholars the complexity still exists. We find both positive and negative stances. So it is difficult to see a standard or official view on this issue. However, we should point out that Islam recognizes all the sacred (Semitic) books and their messages. It accepts all prophets of that traditions. It defines itself as the last and perfect religion of Semitic tradition and states that no other religion will be accepted from anybody else other then itself. It criticizes both the Jews and Christians especially about their failure to uphold the Oneness of God, tawhid, and to preserve the authenticity of their scripture from interventions. This exclusivist aspect of Islam as many conservative scholars formed with putting together some evidences from the Koran is generally accepted by Muslims.
T3  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur - 68 
Y1  - 2004
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/468
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-50056
UR  - http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm
SN  - 1434-5935
N1  - The paper was presented at the Inter-Cultural Symposion Religion and Society in German and Turkish Perspective which took place at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main from 1.-3. July 2004
PB  - Univ.
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -