This article examines discourses that shaped different outcomes for Yemeni refugees in 2018 and A... more This article examines discourses that shaped different outcomes for Yemeni refugees in 2018 and Afghan special contributors in 2021 in South Korea. Following the country’s mission to evacuate its Afghan interlocutors in 2021, Afghans are fast‐tracked for social integration through the creation of emergency enforcement ordinances, with South Korean society broadly welcoming them as national heroes and recognizing them as “special contributors” rather than refugees. In contrast, Yemeni refugees arriving in 2018 were subjected to Islamophobic and legal abuse, constructed as potential sex offenders and terrorists, and accused of being fake refugees. In both cases, refugee protections according to South Korea’s 2013 Refugee Law were withheld as Yemenis and Afghans were processed through alternative systems. This article concludes that Muslim refugee issues in South Korea are masculinized and delves into the multi‐faceted complex factors at play when analyzing the differences between the ...
“예언자의 의학(al-ṭibb al-nabawī)”이라는 이슬람 전통의학이 각광을 받고 있다. 이는 의학자들보다는 무슬림 법학자들이 주가 되어 예언자 무함마드의 말과 행동을 ... more “예언자의 의학(al-ṭibb al-nabawī)”이라는 이슬람 전통의학이 각광을 받고 있다. 이는 의학자들보다는 무슬림 법학자들이 주가 되어 예언자 무함마드의 말과 행동을 모은 언행집 『하디스』에서 위생이나 질병과 치료 등에 예언자의 경험과 조치 및 조언을 선별하여 정리한 이슬람 전통의학의 한 부류이다. 예언자의 의학은 예언자의 종교적 권위에 힘입어 시대와 지역을 초월하여 이슬람권 전역과 그 바깥에서 언제나 상당 수준의 영향력을 유지해왔고,1) 최근 코로나를 기점으로 그 입지가 더욱 단단해졌다. 세계 최대의 쇼핑몰 아마존에는 2021년 12월 현재 350가지가 넘는 상품이 “prophetic medicine”이라는 이름으로 등록되어 있고, 유튜브를 비롯한 동영상 플랫폼과 트위터, 인스타그램, 페이스북 등 소셜 미디어에는 예언자의 의학에 대한 소개와 경험담 및 관련 추천 콘텐츠와 광고가 넘쳐나고 있다. 구글 스콜라에는 2300개 이상의 영어 논문을 비롯하여 수십 가지 언어로 작성된 예언자의 의학 관련 논문이 게시되어 있고, shifabox.com를 필두로 예언자의 의료 제품만을 전문으로 취급하는 회사들이 증가일로에 있다. 초고속 임상실험과 승인이 일상이 되어버린 코로나 시대가 역설적으로 1400 년 전통의 예언자의 의학의 전성기가 되었다.
Silla was one of two places in East Asia frequently described by medieval Muslim writers from the... more Silla was one of two places in East Asia frequently described by medieval Muslim writers from the mid ninth-century onwards. The earliest study of Silla in antique documents can be traced back to eighteenth-century Arabists who attached a short note to the word “Sīlā” when editing or translating manuscripts.1 From the nineteenth century, not only in quantitative terms but also qualitatively, Muslim authors’ eagerness to catalogue their knowledge about Silla caught the attention of contemporary scholars in both the East and West. In addition to Europeans, Japanese academics attempted to study the definition of Silla at this time, and owing to the colonization of Korea, Silla came to be considered not only as part of Korean, but also Japanese “history.” From the early twentieth century, pioneering Korean scholars were also challenged by the task of deciphering medieval Muslim knowledge of Silla, often in conjunction with Arabic researchers.
This paper examines the medieval Islamic worldview in historical and geographic writings about Ea... more This paper examines the medieval Islamic worldview in historical and geographic writings about East Asia in the tenth century, particularly two books, Murūj al-Dhahab and Kitāb al-Tanbīh wa-al-Ishrāf, by al-Masʿūdī about Korean history. This article explores the conceptual elements in the texts about Silla to reconstruct the integration process of the foundation of the Islamic world history. The thesis’ approaches the application of the synthesis of previous written knowledge from different ancient civilizations and the contemporary field data collected by the time’s Muslim network over the world. Additionally, this research refers to the period dynamics among East Asian countries and their foreign relations with the Islamic world. The main argument is that the Islamic world created Korean history to meet Islamic theology. Particularly, al-Masʿūdī set the origin of the Silla people from Yaphet, the son of Gomer in the Bible. Also, he designated the seventh nation consisting of the people of Silla and China. He regarded the Chinese and Silla people were derived from one of the seven primal civilizations. [Key Words: al-Masʿūdī, Islamic geography, Islamic Worldview, Silla in Islam, History of the Civilizational Exchanges, History of Islamic Thoughts, East Asia and Islam
This paper analyzes the pro-Israel new public diplomacy of the UAE through a private organization... more This paper analyzes the pro-Israel new public diplomacy of the UAE through a private organization, the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, with a literature review and fieldwork. Whilst the initial theme of the museum was the historical exchange of the world civilizations and the historical crossroad position of the UAE, it carried out serial external cooperation projects with a restructure focusing on the Judeo-Islamic collaboration in line with the government's policy overriding priority, the Abraham Accords. Instead of hosting events directly, the regime has sponsored public diplomacy through this museum to disperse public criticism of the controversial pro-Israel policy. The museum also has educated domestic and foreign visitors about tolerance towards Jews through the historical narratives as an internal and external public diplomacy. ※ Key Words: civilizational exchanges, Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, UAE, cultural strategy, Abraham Accords
The influence of Silla's move southward in the medieval Muslims' perception of Southeast Asia
Th... more The influence of Silla's move southward in the medieval Muslims' perception of Southeast Asia
This paper aims to trace the changing value of Korea, particularly the Silla Dynasty(57 BC? -935 CE), in medieval Islamic Cartography by examining textual and cartographic sources in Arabic. At the earliest stage of Islamic geography, Korea located on the opposite side of the end of China at the Muslim maritime route. However, it gradually moved southward towards Africa and became confused with Southeast Asian islands. This paper introduces first the visible influence of geographic notions of the medieval Islamic world about the Southeast Asian places in their geography about Korea, then move to discuss the possible transmission of the Islamic perceptions of Korea to to those of several Southeast Asian islands. This paper ultimately discusses the Islamic integration of the Hindu geography of Southeast Asia and the Islamic geography of Korea that later resulted in establishing the theological geography of Muslims by paralleling Korea and the Canary Islands to present the harmonious globe created by God.
This article examines discourses that shaped different outcomes for Yemeni refugees in 2018 and A... more This article examines discourses that shaped different outcomes for Yemeni refugees in 2018 and Afghan special contributors in 2021 in South Korea. Following the country’s mission to evacuate its Afghan interlocutors in 2021, Afghans are fast‐tracked for social integration through the creation of emergency enforcement ordinances, with South Korean society broadly welcoming them as national heroes and recognizing them as “special contributors” rather than refugees. In contrast, Yemeni refugees arriving in 2018 were subjected to Islamophobic and legal abuse, constructed as potential sex offenders and terrorists, and accused of being fake refugees. In both cases, refugee protections according to South Korea’s 2013 Refugee Law were withheld as Yemenis and Afghans were processed through alternative systems. This article concludes that Muslim refugee issues in South Korea are masculinized and delves into the multi‐faceted complex factors at play when analyzing the differences between the ...
“예언자의 의학(al-ṭibb al-nabawī)”이라는 이슬람 전통의학이 각광을 받고 있다. 이는 의학자들보다는 무슬림 법학자들이 주가 되어 예언자 무함마드의 말과 행동을 ... more “예언자의 의학(al-ṭibb al-nabawī)”이라는 이슬람 전통의학이 각광을 받고 있다. 이는 의학자들보다는 무슬림 법학자들이 주가 되어 예언자 무함마드의 말과 행동을 모은 언행집 『하디스』에서 위생이나 질병과 치료 등에 예언자의 경험과 조치 및 조언을 선별하여 정리한 이슬람 전통의학의 한 부류이다. 예언자의 의학은 예언자의 종교적 권위에 힘입어 시대와 지역을 초월하여 이슬람권 전역과 그 바깥에서 언제나 상당 수준의 영향력을 유지해왔고,1) 최근 코로나를 기점으로 그 입지가 더욱 단단해졌다. 세계 최대의 쇼핑몰 아마존에는 2021년 12월 현재 350가지가 넘는 상품이 “prophetic medicine”이라는 이름으로 등록되어 있고, 유튜브를 비롯한 동영상 플랫폼과 트위터, 인스타그램, 페이스북 등 소셜 미디어에는 예언자의 의학에 대한 소개와 경험담 및 관련 추천 콘텐츠와 광고가 넘쳐나고 있다. 구글 스콜라에는 2300개 이상의 영어 논문을 비롯하여 수십 가지 언어로 작성된 예언자의 의학 관련 논문이 게시되어 있고, shifabox.com를 필두로 예언자의 의료 제품만을 전문으로 취급하는 회사들이 증가일로에 있다. 초고속 임상실험과 승인이 일상이 되어버린 코로나 시대가 역설적으로 1400 년 전통의 예언자의 의학의 전성기가 되었다.
Silla was one of two places in East Asia frequently described by medieval Muslim writers from the... more Silla was one of two places in East Asia frequently described by medieval Muslim writers from the mid ninth-century onwards. The earliest study of Silla in antique documents can be traced back to eighteenth-century Arabists who attached a short note to the word “Sīlā” when editing or translating manuscripts.1 From the nineteenth century, not only in quantitative terms but also qualitatively, Muslim authors’ eagerness to catalogue their knowledge about Silla caught the attention of contemporary scholars in both the East and West. In addition to Europeans, Japanese academics attempted to study the definition of Silla at this time, and owing to the colonization of Korea, Silla came to be considered not only as part of Korean, but also Japanese “history.” From the early twentieth century, pioneering Korean scholars were also challenged by the task of deciphering medieval Muslim knowledge of Silla, often in conjunction with Arabic researchers.
This paper examines the medieval Islamic worldview in historical and geographic writings about Ea... more This paper examines the medieval Islamic worldview in historical and geographic writings about East Asia in the tenth century, particularly two books, Murūj al-Dhahab and Kitāb al-Tanbīh wa-al-Ishrāf, by al-Masʿūdī about Korean history. This article explores the conceptual elements in the texts about Silla to reconstruct the integration process of the foundation of the Islamic world history. The thesis’ approaches the application of the synthesis of previous written knowledge from different ancient civilizations and the contemporary field data collected by the time’s Muslim network over the world. Additionally, this research refers to the period dynamics among East Asian countries and their foreign relations with the Islamic world. The main argument is that the Islamic world created Korean history to meet Islamic theology. Particularly, al-Masʿūdī set the origin of the Silla people from Yaphet, the son of Gomer in the Bible. Also, he designated the seventh nation consisting of the people of Silla and China. He regarded the Chinese and Silla people were derived from one of the seven primal civilizations. [Key Words: al-Masʿūdī, Islamic geography, Islamic Worldview, Silla in Islam, History of the Civilizational Exchanges, History of Islamic Thoughts, East Asia and Islam
This paper analyzes the pro-Israel new public diplomacy of the UAE through a private organization... more This paper analyzes the pro-Israel new public diplomacy of the UAE through a private organization, the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, with a literature review and fieldwork. Whilst the initial theme of the museum was the historical exchange of the world civilizations and the historical crossroad position of the UAE, it carried out serial external cooperation projects with a restructure focusing on the Judeo-Islamic collaboration in line with the government's policy overriding priority, the Abraham Accords. Instead of hosting events directly, the regime has sponsored public diplomacy through this museum to disperse public criticism of the controversial pro-Israel policy. The museum also has educated domestic and foreign visitors about tolerance towards Jews through the historical narratives as an internal and external public diplomacy. ※ Key Words: civilizational exchanges, Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, UAE, cultural strategy, Abraham Accords
The influence of Silla's move southward in the medieval Muslims' perception of Southeast Asia
Th... more The influence of Silla's move southward in the medieval Muslims' perception of Southeast Asia
This paper aims to trace the changing value of Korea, particularly the Silla Dynasty(57 BC? -935 CE), in medieval Islamic Cartography by examining textual and cartographic sources in Arabic. At the earliest stage of Islamic geography, Korea located on the opposite side of the end of China at the Muslim maritime route. However, it gradually moved southward towards Africa and became confused with Southeast Asian islands. This paper introduces first the visible influence of geographic notions of the medieval Islamic world about the Southeast Asian places in their geography about Korea, then move to discuss the possible transmission of the Islamic perceptions of Korea to to those of several Southeast Asian islands. This paper ultimately discusses the Islamic integration of the Hindu geography of Southeast Asia and the Islamic geography of Korea that later resulted in establishing the theological geography of Muslims by paralleling Korea and the Canary Islands to present the harmonious globe created by God.
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The thesis’ approaches the application of the synthesis of previous written knowledge from different ancient civilizations and the contemporary field data collected by the time’s Muslim network over the world. Additionally, this research refers to the period dynamics among East Asian countries and their foreign relations with the Islamic world.
The main argument is that the Islamic world created Korean history to meet Islamic theology. Particularly, al-Masʿūdī set the origin of the Silla people from Yaphet, the son of Gomer in the Bible. Also, he designated the seventh nation consisting of the people of Silla and China. He regarded the Chinese and Silla people were derived from one of the seven primal civilizations.
[Key Words: al-Masʿūdī, Islamic geography, Islamic Worldview, Silla in Islam, History of the Civilizational Exchanges, History of Islamic Thoughts, East Asia and Islam
※ Key Words: civilizational exchanges, Crossroads of Civilizations Museum,
UAE, cultural strategy, Abraham Accords
This paper aims to trace the changing value of Korea, particularly the Silla Dynasty(57 BC? -935 CE), in medieval Islamic Cartography by examining textual and cartographic sources in Arabic. At the earliest stage of Islamic geography, Korea located on the opposite side of the end of China at the Muslim maritime route. However, it gradually moved southward towards Africa and became confused with Southeast Asian islands. This paper introduces first the visible influence of geographic notions of the medieval Islamic world about the Southeast Asian places in their geography about Korea, then move to discuss the possible transmission of the Islamic perceptions of Korea to to those of several Southeast Asian islands. This paper ultimately discusses the Islamic integration of the Hindu geography of Southeast Asia and the Islamic geography of Korea that later resulted in establishing the theological geography of Muslims by paralleling Korea and the Canary Islands to present the harmonious globe created by God.
The thesis’ approaches the application of the synthesis of previous written knowledge from different ancient civilizations and the contemporary field data collected by the time’s Muslim network over the world. Additionally, this research refers to the period dynamics among East Asian countries and their foreign relations with the Islamic world.
The main argument is that the Islamic world created Korean history to meet Islamic theology. Particularly, al-Masʿūdī set the origin of the Silla people from Yaphet, the son of Gomer in the Bible. Also, he designated the seventh nation consisting of the people of Silla and China. He regarded the Chinese and Silla people were derived from one of the seven primal civilizations.
[Key Words: al-Masʿūdī, Islamic geography, Islamic Worldview, Silla in Islam, History of the Civilizational Exchanges, History of Islamic Thoughts, East Asia and Islam
※ Key Words: civilizational exchanges, Crossroads of Civilizations Museum,
UAE, cultural strategy, Abraham Accords
This paper aims to trace the changing value of Korea, particularly the Silla Dynasty(57 BC? -935 CE), in medieval Islamic Cartography by examining textual and cartographic sources in Arabic. At the earliest stage of Islamic geography, Korea located on the opposite side of the end of China at the Muslim maritime route. However, it gradually moved southward towards Africa and became confused with Southeast Asian islands. This paper introduces first the visible influence of geographic notions of the medieval Islamic world about the Southeast Asian places in their geography about Korea, then move to discuss the possible transmission of the Islamic perceptions of Korea to to those of several Southeast Asian islands. This paper ultimately discusses the Islamic integration of the Hindu geography of Southeast Asia and the Islamic geography of Korea that later resulted in establishing the theological geography of Muslims by paralleling Korea and the Canary Islands to present the harmonious globe created by God.