Tai Ji Men: No Fraternity Without Justice. An Islamic Perspective
The Islamic view of society emphasizes communal obligations, but Muslims and Tai Ji Men dizi both emphasize the connection between fraternity and justice.
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Davide Suleyman Amore is a lecturer in literature and history in a high school, a historian of religions and a medievalist philologist. After graduating at the University of Salerno, with a thesis on the community of the Sabaeans of Harran, of which some excerpts have been published in leading academic publications, he received a first MA in historical methodology and a second one in religious studies. Since 2019, he has been a member of SISR (Italian Society of the History of Religions). He is the author of several articles in scientific and popular publications. He is also the secretary of the “As-Salàm” Islamic Cultural Association and sometimes serves as Imam of its local mosque.
The Islamic view of society emphasizes communal obligations, but Muslims and Tai Ji Men dizi both emphasize the connection between fraternity and justice.
Muslims believe that solidarity is a natural feeling, but it should be cultivated. Similar ideas exist in most religions, and inspire us in our solidarity with Tai Ji Men.
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