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Lâhumanitarisme islamique
Cet article explique comment la recherche de lâauteur sur lâhumanitaire islamique dĂ©rive dâune analyse de la sĂ©miotique du croissant rouge dans le Mouvement International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge. Cela le mĂšne Ă explorer des tensions plus larges dans le domaine des associations caritatives islamiques par rapport au champ gĂ©nĂ©ral de lâhumanitaire, tout en identifiant leurs ressemblances les unes avec les autres. Elles peuvent ĂȘtre considĂ©rĂ©es aussi comme Ă©lĂ©ments dans le mouvement plus ample des ONG « confessionnelles ». Lâarticle analyse ensuite le rapport entre dâune part, le droit humanitaire international et les droits de lâHomme, et dâautre part, la tradition islamique juridique. Lâensemble de lâargument de lâarticle est prĂ©sentĂ© comme exemple du dialogue anthropologique classique concernant lâuniversalisme, par contraste avec le relativisme, la doctrine islamique nâĂ©tant pas ici interprĂ©tĂ©e comme exception culturelle, mais comme universalisme alternatif. Cela devrait nous permettre dâenvisager plus clairement Ă la fois la fragilitĂ© de lâuniversalisme occidental, et Ă©galement le besoin dâexplorer ce quâont en commun les deux traditions intellectuelles.This article explains how the authorâs research on Islamic humanitarianism began from a study of the semiotics of the red crescent as part of the International Red Cross and Red Cross Movement, which led him to explore much broader tensions in the world of Islamic charities as they relate to the general field of humanitarianism, while also identifying the family resemblances between them. Moreover, Islamic charities can be seen as part of a wider movement of âconfessionalâ NGOs. This in turn leads to a brief consideration of the relationship between International Humanitarian Law and human rights law, on the one hand, and Islamic legal tradition on the other. The whole argument is presented as a case study in the classic anthropological dialogue over universalism as opposed to relativism, Islamic doctrine being seen here not as a cultural exception but as an alternative universalism that enables us to see more clearly both the fragility of Western universalism and also the need to explore common intellectual ground
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