Tag: Islam
The Iranian rite of Ashura, between religion and politics
During the ashura ceremony, the Shiites mythically refer to the exemplary self-sacrifice of the third Imam Husayn by inserting him in the cosmological context of the cosmic war, of Madzeist derivation, among the principles of good against evil; then a continuous union between the political and religious spheres, the boundaries between the two are becoming more and more confused, and the religious dimension justifies the political sentiment, while the local sentiment leads to a global drama.
The myth of concealment in Eurasian traditions
Brief excursus along the historical, philosophical and religious path through which the theme of the concealment of the divine in the great Eurasian space developed: a theme that once again demonstrates the primordial spiritual unity of this vast inner continent
The Berber people: between caravans, deserts and oases
- Imazighhen (โตโตโดฐโตฃโตโตโดปโต, "free men") they are probably one of the most authentic, long-lived and interesting cases of a nomadic population that has come down to our times. Better known as Berberi (as called al-barbar by the Arabs), are the last nomadic population currently present in the geographical area of โโthe Sahara. Little is known about them except information that comes to us from the chronicles of the empires and kingdoms (then dissolved over the centuries) that have had to do with them for geographical proximity and economic reasons (Egyptians and Romans (in primis)).
