Cultural Solidarity, Identity and the Islamic Ummah (Article)
The title is an article by Hadi Esma'eeli published in “Religion and Communication”, Volume 16, Issue 35.36 - Serial Number 35, Summer and Autumn 2009, Pages 5-27. The following is an excerpt from its abstract.[1]
Solidarity among social, political and cultural identity
The article explains three kinds of identity, namely social, political and cultural. Then it examines the existing solidarity among these three overlapping identities.
Aim of the article
The aim is to define the conceptual distinction between cultural solidarity and other kinds of solidarity in order to avoid a conceptual ambiguity in policy-making. By cultural solidarity we mean the shared sense of belonging as the result of attempting to maintain the components and factors of cultural identity.
Concept of Ummah and solidarity
One example is the distinct forms of identity embodied in the concept of Ummah as understood by the Islamic approach and the role of identity and cultural solidarity even in the absence of other identities and solidarities.