Interview with Koran historian (German). Translation to Eng?

Jeremy01 · 04-18-2006, 08:54 AM

Hi,

This is a request for help with the translation of a recent interview with Professor Gerd Rüdiger Puin on German television.
Here is the video of the interview:
http://av.sr-online.de/index.php?a=4810

Mr Puin is working on translating the Sanaa Koran manuscripts, the oldest Koran manuscripts in existance and is supposed to be putting out a book soon on this topic.

Here's who he is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_R._Puin

If someone can just have a listen to the interview and get the gist of what he is saying about his research into the Koran that would be great, please.

I am not asking for a complete transcript or anything, at this stage. Just the main points of what he is saying would be great!

thank you very very much in advance for any help!!!

Jeremy

madness · 04-22-2006, 03:10 PM

hi

interview about the caricatures of mohamed

Q: is it forbidden do draw pictures of mohamed?
A : no, it's not. it's just not common to show the socalled " holy family", that means the prophet himself but also his closest relatives.
Q: so there are contemporary pictures?
A: yes, that's absolutely no problem, there are even posters where you can see mohamed. [ now he shows some of them] they are not only shiite - actually, the shiites don't have any problem with the reproduction of wholy figures, while the sunnites are a little bit more cautious. the real problem is not the picture itself but that in this case, it is a caricature. well, you can find caricatures in the islamic world, but it's NEVER the prophet who is caricatured.
Q: so that hurts their religious feelings if thex see such a caricature?!
A: yes, that's right, but.. it also hurts religious feelings if a calvinist visits a catholic church.. well and i don't believe that he takes a sledge-hammer to crush jesus and so on..
Q: so on one side, we have the religious feeling, on the other side we in the western world have those principles like " the freedom to have his own opinion" or the freedom of the press. so who must show consideration?
A: following the real islamic opinion, the muslims who live here have to show consideration for the society. so there are two possibilitys: either you are a strict islamist who find the western world reprehensible and fight against it - those are the socalled " islamists" here or you can think about it and say ' we live in a kind of relation with this state, we heave to obey the rules of this country because they are also valid for muslims.'
Q: the people who are the most vehemently annoyed because of the caricatures, is it because of their religious feelings or rather a political reason?
A: at first, there are religious feelings, you must be aware that their prophet has been offended. that is a real bad business, it reminds me of what happened to salman rushdie .. and on the other side, it's strange to imagine that a whole group who has not even seen the caricatures, go mad about them. i guess, the more away people are, the better they can annoy about those things, because their own society - police etc.- doesn't allow them to give vent to their indignation. so in saudi arabia, you can go mad about things which happen in denmark because you have only to do without some denish cookies, it's not dangerous.

i hope i could help you at least a little bit, my translation is not word-by-word but it shows you the sense^^

Jeremy01 · 04-22-2006, 04:19 PM

thanks a lot Madness, thats great!

I was hoping he mentioned something about his current research or his upcoming book, but he didn't it..

Jeremy

madness · 04-22-2006, 04:25 PM

no, i am sure that he didn't..
no problem

i hope that this interview interests you at least a little bit

it has taken much time :P but if not, no problem, at least it was not so boring for me

see you

Jeremy01 · 04-30-2006, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madness

no, i am sure that he didn't..
no problem

i hope that this interview interests you at least a little bit

it has taken much time :P but if not, no problem, at least it was not so boring for me

see you

yes, it definitely interested me, don't worry, your time was not wasted!

04-18-2006, 08:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jeremy01 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Jeremy01 is an unknown character at this point	Interview with Koran historian (German). Translation to Eng? Hi, This is a request for help with the translation of a recent interview with Professor Gerd Rüdiger Puin on German television. Here is the video of the interview: http://av.sr-online.de/index.php?a=4810 Mr Puin is working on translating the Sanaa Koran manuscripts, the oldest Koran manuscripts in existance and is supposed to be putting out a book soon on this topic. Here's who he is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_R._Puin If someone can just have a listen to the interview and get the gist of what he is saying about his research into the Koran that would be great, please. I am not asking for a complete transcript or anything, at this stage. Just the main points of what he is saying would be great! thank you very very much in advance for any help!!! Jeremy
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04-22-2006, 03:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
madness Growing Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Berlin Posts: 96 madness came out of the blue	hi interview about the caricatures of mohamed Q: is it forbidden do draw pictures of mohamed? A : no, it's not. it's just not common to show the socalled " holy family", that means the prophet himself but also his closest relatives. Q: so there are contemporary pictures? A: yes, that's absolutely no problem, there are even posters where you can see mohamed. [ now he shows some of them] they are not only shiite - actually, the shiites don't have any problem with the reproduction of wholy figures, while the sunnites are a little bit more cautious. the real problem is not the picture itself but that in this case, it is a caricature. well, you can find caricatures in the islamic world, but it's NEVER the prophet who is caricatured. Q: so that hurts their religious feelings if thex see such a caricature?! A: yes, that's right, but.. it also hurts religious feelings if a calvinist visits a catholic church.. well and i don't believe that he takes a sledge-hammer to crush jesus and so on.. Q: so on one side, we have the religious feeling, on the other side we in the western world have those principles like " the freedom to have his own opinion" or the freedom of the press. so who must show consideration? A: following the real islamic opinion, the muslims who live here have to show consideration for the society. so there are two possibilitys: either you are a strict islamist who find the western world reprehensible and fight against it - those are the socalled " islamists" here or you can think about it and say ' we live in a kind of relation with this state, we heave to obey the rules of this country because they are also valid for muslims.' Q: the people who are the most vehemently annoyed because of the caricatures, is it because of their religious feelings or rather a political reason? A: at first, there are religious feelings, you must be aware that their prophet has been offended. that is a real bad business, it reminds me of what happened to salman rushdie .. and on the other side, it's strange to imagine that a whole group who has not even seen the caricatures, go mad about them. i guess, the more away people are, the better they can annoy about those things, because their own society - police etc.- doesn't allow them to give vent to their indignation. so in saudi arabia, you can go mad about things which happen in denmark because you have only to do without some denish cookies, it's not dangerous. i hope i could help you at least a little bit, my translation is not word-by-word but it shows you the sense^^ __________________ PEACE is not only the opposite of war, it is not only the time between wars- Peace is more. Peace is the law of human life. Peace is when we do right and when there is justice between every human being and every nation. Last edited by madness; 04-22-2006 at 08:20 PM.
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04-22-2006, 04:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jeremy01 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Jeremy01 is an unknown character at this point	thanks a lot Madness, thats great! I was hoping he mentioned something about his current research or his upcoming book, but he didn't it.. Jeremy
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madness Growing Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Berlin Posts: 96 madness came out of the blue	no, i am sure that he didn't.. no problem i hope that this interview interests you at least a little bit it has taken much time :P but if not, no problem, at least it was not so boring for me see you __________________ PEACE is not only the opposite of war, it is not only the time between wars- Peace is more. Peace is the law of human life. Peace is when we do right and when there is justice between every human being and every nation.
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