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        "msgid": "sino-islam-harmony-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-04-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Sino-Islam harmony",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
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        "summary": "Sino-Islam harmony The Hong Kong-based Chinese magazine Yazhou Zhoukan in its Feb. 18 issue reported it as a breakthrough that a Sinology center was set up at Muhammadiyah University in Yogyakarta on Oct. 10, 2001 and Chinese language was also being taught. Pan Lynn quoted in her book The sons of the yellow emperor what the late Victor Purcell wrote in 1965 that the continuance of the Cold War had caused anti-communism to blur into antisinicism and vice versa.",
        "content": "<p>Sino-Islam harmony<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong-based Chinese magazine Yazhou Zhoukan in its<br>\nFeb. 18 issue reported it as a breakthrough that a Sinology<br>\ncenter was set up at Muhammadiyah University in Yogyakarta on<br>\nOct. 10, 2001 and Chinese language was also being taught.<\/p>\n<p>Pan Lynn quoted in her book The sons of the yellow emperor<br>\nwhat the late Victor Purcell wrote in 1965 that the continuance<br>\nof the Cold War had caused anti-communism to blur into<br>\nantisinicism and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this breakthrough will also break new ground upon<br>\nwhich intercultural dialog may be opened and mutual understanding<br>\nand tolerance can be promoted.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese Professor Toshihiko Izutsu in his book Sufism and<br>\nTaoism, a comparative study of key philosophical concepts,<br>\nexplored much of Ibn Arabi's Magnum Opus, Fasus Al-Hikam (The<br>\nBezels of Wisdom) and elaborated on the striking similarities in<br>\nthe ontological concepts between Ibn Arabi's Sufism and Lao-Tzu's<br>\nand Chuang-Tzu's Taoism, theorizing that both world views are<br>\nbased on similar premises, the Absolute and the Perfect Man.<\/p>\n<p>Ibn Arabi's philosophy of Wadah Al-Wujud (oneness of<br>\nexistence), Haqq, Tajalli and Mumkinat are in Chinese Taoism's<br>\nTao Te Ching, Tien-ni\/Tien-Ch'un, Tao, Sheng and Wan Wu.<\/p>\n<p>As for Confucius' analects and syariah, Osman Bakar, in his<br>\nbook, Islam and Confucianism wrote that: \"...The six fundamental<br>\narticles of Islamic faith include a belief in the idea that<br>\nbefore the revelation of the Koran, God had revealed books and<br>\nscriptures to various branches of the human family... The<br>\nChinese, being an ancient race and an ancient civilization,<br>\nsurely must have received at least one message from Heaven...<br>\nthus Confucius may have been a prophet who brought (Islamic-like<br>\nteachings) to the Chinese people.\"<\/p>\n<p>Also in the same book, William C. Chittick further added that<br>\nthe goal of Muslim intellectuals in addressing Chinese<br>\ncivilization should be to recognize the wisdom that is inherent<br>\nin Chinese civilization, as well as the prophet Muhammad's<br>\nproverb which says, \"...seek knowledge, even unto China...\".<\/p>\n<p>SIA KA-MOU<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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