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Malaysia: which challenges towards which modernity?

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Malaysia: which challenges

towards which modernity?- English - ARTICLES -

Date de mise en ligne : Tuesday 24 July 2012

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This mosque is ultimately far more "modern" than all the blind mimicry of American models. Our task, after all, is to

consider the ethical principles and the technical capacity available to us in our day, while not for an instant forgetting

the ethical principles that underlie diversity and the environment itself. Our task is to provide modernity with a soul, to

breathe life into spiritual and humanist creativity. What a pleasure to pray in such a mosque: one senses the

encounter of intelligence and creative imagination. From Perlis, far from the skyscrapers of Kuala Lumpur, flows the

intuition that the "floating mosque" may well be the symbol of Muslims' greatest contribution to an era in search of

meaning: To express its specificity in universal terms, in full respect of pluralism and to respond in full awareness and

with all necessary expertise, to the challenges of our time.

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