Potrait of Islam Culture and Arabic Literature in Italy

Syafina, Hanna Izzah, Bahruddin, Uril ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-7281 and Sutaman, Sutaman (2024) Potrait of Islam Culture and Arabic Literature in Italy. Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities, 8 (2). pp. 143-157. ISSN 2614-6010 and E ISSN 2541-500X

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Abstract

The arrival of Islam in Italy in the seventh century led to cultural acculturation and changes in several areas of life, such as literature, culture and language. The aims of this study are to: (1) Describe the process of the arrival of Islam in Italy; (2) Describe the influence of Islamic and Arabic culture in Italy. and (3) explaining the development of Arabic science and literature in Italy. This research is included in the descriptive qualitative research with a literature study approach and the data collection techniques used are reading techniques and note-taking techniques. The results of this study are: (1) The process of the arrival of Islam in Italy began when Caliph Othman bin Affan sent the prime minister Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan to attack Sicily in 652 AD. (2) There are traces of Islamic culture in the architecture of the city in the form of narrow alleys that follows the ancient Arabic style of the city of Amalfi, and the assimilation of Italian words of Arabic origin is close to 300 words; And (3) in the development of scientific and literary journals, Muslim scientists have certainly produced various major works which later became references for Western scientists. Besides that, Arabic literature also entered and developed in Sicily which became a heaven for scholars such as al-Jabr wa Maalaka, Firdaus al-Hikmah, Al-Hawi. Apart from that, Arabic literature also entered and developed in Sicily, becoming a paradise for scholars, such as the story of Layla Majnun which was outlined in the book The Secretum by Petrarch and ST. Augustine.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Arabic; Italian; literature; Religion Islam; sicily
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200527 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200527 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) > 20052799 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) not elsewhere classified 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2001 Communication and Media Studies 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of Arabic Language Education
Depositing User:	Prof Dr Uril Bahruddin, MA
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2024 15:42

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