Rasha Diab, author of Shades of Sulh: The Rhetorics of Arab-Islamic Reconciliation, states that the literal definition of the word sulh means “reconciliation”, and that it “captures the practices, rituals, processes, and goals of sulh, a very old sociopolitical traditional reconciliation practice in the Arab world that relies heavily on mediation” and attempts to realize the people’s rights in any act of aggression (Diab 42). Diab asserts that not only does sulh discourse merge both judicial and human rights discourses, but it also focuses on an inclusive pattern of rhetorical, constitutive, persuasive, and visionary expression that is eclipsed by the need to seek justice and peace. She mentions that sulh, as a traditional peacemaking practice,
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As a book-length study of Arab-Islamic rhetoric, Diab examines how the peacemaking tactics for rhetoric manifests in different types of conversations concerning violence and how to find and achieve peace. However, in order to be able to effectively achieve peacemaking, Diab points out three unique characteristics of …show more content…
In the seventh century, the different tribes in the city of Yathrib fought and persecuted one another over religion, territory, and economic gain that created chaos in the region. In order to restore peace within the tribes, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) created a new peaceful city-state and instituted the Constitution of Medina, which provides equal protection of all citizens regardless of their differences. The C.M. confirms the importance of respecting and preserving “the rights to (1) equal protection of and accountability to the law regardless of social standing or power status; (2) fairness and nondiscrimination based on race, ethnicity, or origin; and (3) religious freedom” (Bassiouni 24; qtd. in Diab 93). The pursuit to justice is a common theme in both human rights and conciliation discourses because they both want to assert the rights and dignity of all parties
As a book-length study of Arab-Islamic rhetoric, Diab examines how the peacemaking tactics for rhetoric manifests in different types of conversations concerning violence and how to find and achieve peace. However, in order to be able to effectively achieve peacemaking, Diab points out three unique characteristics of …show more content…
In the seventh century, the different tribes in the city of Yathrib fought and persecuted one another over religion, territory, and economic gain that created chaos in the region. In order to restore peace within the tribes, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) created a new peaceful city-state and instituted the Constitution of Medina, which provides equal protection of all citizens regardless of their differences. The C.M. confirms the importance of respecting and preserving “the rights to (1) equal protection of and accountability to the law regardless of social standing or power status; (2) fairness and nondiscrimination based on race, ethnicity, or origin; and (3) religious freedom” (Bassiouni 24; qtd. in Diab 93). The pursuit to justice is a common theme in both human rights and conciliation discourses because they both want to assert the rights and dignity of all parties