"URA" magazine, Spring/Summer 2010, No. 1 (4)

CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE

FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES

PUBLISHED BY:

“ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES”

attend:

Albanology

Balkanology

Orientalism

Architecture

Archivism

Civilization

History

Philosophy

Linguistics

Literature

Moral

Art

Science

Culture

Notable Personalities

Sociology, etc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue (On the 25^th occasion of the jubilee year of the first translation on the Kur’an into Albanian language, 1985-2010)

1. Dr. Edward W. SAID

Orientalism - 25 years later

2. Abu Ammar Jasir al-KADHI

An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur’an

3. Dr. Murad W. HOFMANN

Governing under Islam and the Islamic Political System

The jubilee articles about the first complete Kur’an in Albanian language 

by the Academic Feti MEHDIU (1985)

Presentation

1. Idriz DEMIROVIÇ

An eveniment of the Albanian culture

2. Engjëll SEDAJ

Reading the Kur’an in Albanian language

3. The translation of the Kur’an in Albanian language

4. Liridon KADRIU

25 years later after the first entire translation of the Qur’an in Albanian language

5. Mexhid YVEJSI

Why did the Albanians take so long in translating the Kur’an?!

Critical views and discussions

1. Emin BEHRAMI

A view towards the Kur’an translated in Albanian language by Feti Mehdiu

2. Feti MEHDIU

On the Kur’an with the Kur’an

3. Isa BAJÇINCA

On the translation of the Kur’an in Albanian language

Interviews

1. Intervista 1

The Kur’an - An axis of the Islamic literature

2. Intervista 2

An interview with Dr. Feti MEHDIU

3. Intervista 3

25 years after the first complete Kur’an in Albanian language

Oriental Poems

1. Khalil GIBRAN

On Love

2. Nizar KABBANI

Would you love me if I am blind?!

Cultural activities

Invitation to collaborate

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