Rumi s tolerance between pluralism and exclusivism

Rumi is a leading personage in the intelletual-mytical tradition of Muslims. His thoughts which were based on sufism might be considered some form of humanism and are even today taking very seriously by by many different people in all of the world. Thes appeal might be thought his embrachign whole humanity. Humanistic thoughts of Rumi are commented sometimes as 'religious pluralism' which was shaped by English philosopher John Hick. According to his theory the capacity of man doesnt have the power to define and understand the religious truth. Therefore the human mind can only try to understand God and his relation to the universe, but never can be sure whether his thoughts about God are true or not. So, it is worthwhile to study Rumi's tolerance towards religions from the perspective of religious pluralism. In this paper the religious pluralism will be discussed from the mainstream Islamic understanding and futher from the perspective of Rume's writigns. Further we will analize wether religious pluralism is compatible with Islam in generel and with Rumi's writings in particular. Finally it will concluded that Mevlana is not a religious pluralist in the strict sense of te world but might be considered as the religiously tolerant towards other religions and creeds.

Mevlana ,

Rumi ,

Religious Pluralism ,

John Hick ,

Mevlana ,

Dini Çoğulculuk ,

Bu yazıda dini çoğulculuğun genelde İslam ile ve özelde Mevlana düşüncesiyle uyumu tartışılacaktır. Başta dini çoğulculuğun ne olduğu ve temel paradigması tanıtılacak. İkinci aşamada ise dini çoğulculuğun temel argümanlarının İslam ve Mevlana ile ilişkisi tartışılacaktır. Bu yazıda zaman zaman bir dini çoğulcu olarak isimlendirilen Mevlana'nın düşüncelerinin aslında dini çoğulculuk değil de diğer inançlara karşı geliştirilmiş bir tür hoşgörü olduğu düşüncesi yer almaktadır.

John Hick ,