TRADITIONS AND RELIGION IN THE MUSLIM SOCIETY
TRADITIONS AND RELIGION IN THE MUSLIM SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: Amin Maalouf, a French-Lebanese writer with a rich cultural and religious heritage, is the perfect author to study if we want to discover the importance of the tradition in the muslim society. It is a fact that the Lebanon is a tolerant country in the matters of the religion, and when we realise that the religion and the tradition go hand in hand, it is easy to see why the novels of Amin Maalouf are the best fit for this article. Therefore we propose to use in the construction of this article the following two novels ,,Leo Africanus’’ and ,,Samarkand’’, because they cover a variety of relevant topics, such as: the role of the Muslim woman and her position in the family, the discrepancies between the Islamic leaders and the believers, and the study of the Magical thinking in the oriental environment. The ancient popular beliefs, the rituals, the legends and the superstitions are the main points of interests this research, because the author relies on their pre-Arab origin to show that not even the inflexible religion of the Islam, can’t delete or alter the spirit of a nation. Unfortunately, the artistic and the creative qualities of the Muslim people are seriously affected by the faith. The author gives us some clues if we are able to read between the lines, and the conclusion is that this explosion of the occult sciences is due to the lack of freedom of the artistic expression. If the religion is the weapon of the men, consider the tradition as part of the identity of the women, and you will be able to understand why its roots are so well planted in the ground.

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