الإسلام

by Roger Garaudy, روجيه جارودي, وجيه أسعد (Translator)

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

روجيه جارودي
French philosopher and former elected official in the National Assembly for the French Communist Party.

Garaudy is controversial for his anti-zionist views. He converted to Islam in 1982.

Born to Catholic and Jewish atheist parents in Marseille, Garaudy converted at age 14 and became a Protestant. During World War II, Garaudy joined the French Resistance, for which he was imprisoned in Djelfa, Algeria, as a prisoner of war of Vichy France. Following the war, Garaudy joined the French Communist Party. As a political candidate he succeeded in being elected to the National Assembly and eventually rose to the position of deputy speaker, and later senator.

Garaudy lectured in the faculty of arts department of the University Clermont-Ferrand from 1962-1965. Due to controversies between Garaudy and Michel Foucault, Garaudy left. He later taught in Poitiers from 1969-1972.

Garaudy remained a Christian and eventually re-converted to Catholicism during his political career. He was befriended by one of France's most prominent clerics of the time, the Abbé Pierre, who in later years supported Garaudy, even regarding the latter's most controversial views.

In 1970, Garaudy was expelled from the Communist Party following his outspoken criticism of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Garaudy converted to Islam in 1982 after marrying a Palestinian woman, later writing that "The Christ of Paul is not the Jesus of the Bible," and also forming other critical scholarly conclusions regarding the Old and New Testaments. As a Muslim he adopted the name "Ragaa" and became a prominent Islamic commentator and supporter of the Palestinian cause. He was married to Salma Taji Farouki.

Garaudy wrote more than 50 books, mainly on political philosophy and Marxism.

Reviews

[محمد العالول · Rating 3 out of 5]

المحتوى بسيط كعدد صفحات لكن الكاتب يبحث عن المجتمع المنشود بين أصحاب الديانات السّماويّة وينتقد بوجه خاصّ (أصحاب الأصوليّة وقارئي القرآن بعيون الموتى على حدّ وصفه )طيّب أليس هذا الافتراض في وحدة الدِّين أو شكله أو سمِّه ما شئت هو افتراض كذلك ؟! موجود ٌ في هذا الكتاب أو غيره من أصحاب هذه الفكرة وبالتالي يتشابه الإدّعائان في المثاليّة غير أنّ الأسبق (الموتى كما يقول ) أضفوا بعض الواقعيّة في تجربتهم القديمة !
القراءة الأولى في فكر الفيلسوف جارودي وتستحق أعماله التفكير والنقد بشكل أكبر ومن مفكرين عظام !

[Jihadsan · Rating 3 out of 5]

يجب أن يعلم القارئ أن الأفكار التي يحتويها الكتاب تأتي من عقل مسلم بتكوين غربي لذلك يمكن أن تصطدم بعض الرؤى التي يقدمها بالفكر التقليدي الذي يحمله العرب عن الإسلام ودوره الحضاري.