Multiculturalism in Islamic Civilization Dialogue and Exchange

Analyses are developed with historical and socio-culturalperspectives. Several patterns of multiculturalism in Islamiccivilization are found: Firstly, during the Prophet and earlyCaliphs era, Islam–as a doctrine and religion system–hadaccomodative patterns to the cultural form in tribal tradition andbegan to perform as Arabic culture-based civilization. Secondly,during the Muslim Civilization, disregarding that the civilizationwas developed using Arabic politics, the policies regardingIslamic expansion encouraged acculturation of Arabic-Muslimand non-Arabic or non Muslim communities, leading to the multiculturalism in Islam at that time. Finally, during the Muslim Civilization era, multiculturalism became more obvious as apattern of Islamic civilization, indicated by the roles of non-Arabic cultures in Islamic civilization development.

کلیدواژه ها:

Islam ، Multi-Cultural Community ، Muslim Civilization