Hadhrami influence abroad
The Source: site Hadhramout Governorate / Saleh albtati - 22/7/2007
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In their forty days commemoration , The Union of Yemeni writers - Hadramout coast Branch- organized a lecture titled .. (Hadhrami people impact in the diaspora) by Dr. / Sadiq Omar Maknoon, Ahqaf University vice rector ..
Dr. Sadik pointed to the broadness of such talk , focusing on the following axes:
1- Impact Survey:
In his speech, the doctor refered to the considerable impact of the immigrant Hadhramai people on the places to which they travelled .. Since this effect had already been famous all over the world .. Therefore, "we should investigate such impact .. there are some negligence on the part of everyone hadhramis , Yemenis and Arabs too. There are some recent studies by Dr. / Mohamed Saeed Dawood , the researcher / Abdullah Abdulkareem Almalahi and Dr. Abdullah Aljaedi, but nonetheless what was written is still very limited."
As for the Arab historians, the doctor said " they write about the impact of Arabs in Indonesia and East Africa and other regions of the world, but they say that this influence is for the Arabs and do not refer to the Hadhrami people. Only simple references are given to them despite the fact that they had the greatest impact . that means there is a diminution for their importance and influence."
And the reasons for this, he said: " their motivation may be the result of competition or envy or contempt for the role of this very small area with a few population .. may be ideological reasons,where historians follow certain trend and refuses to recognize this impact that the largest share of which goesto Sofia ".
He also talked about the writings of foreigners in this matter and that " some of them refrained from objectivity due to some goals for the researcher or to some specific strategies of their own."
-2 Why Hadhrami people?
"This goes back to what we call Hadhrami privacy and ability to deal with others.
Some say that Hadramaut is a region with a small population and remote from cultural interaction, how could it play such a big role ?!
This prompts us to call this Privacy "Hadhramai miracle".
What made Hadramout qualified to perform this great role in spreading Islam will be determined in the internal conflicts experienced in Hadramout, as well as climate change (drought) and this led to an exodus to various parts of the world .. in addition to the cultural and intellectual development ... "
Dr Maknoon divided this impact into the following phases:
First:the beginning of Islam propogation : --
At this stage, Hadhrami people contributed to propagate Islam .. But each region is according to its distiguished character .. Jurisprudence in Syria is not Jurisprudence in Andalus ..
Second: the stage of idiological conflict: --
"Where the Ebazi doctrine spread in Hadramawt at the beginning and then conflicts started . Since the Alabazi doctorine was unable to dialogue with others and does not accept the otherness , so its effect on the dissemination of Islam was very rare.
As for the Sufi doctrine, it played the greatest role in spreading Islam in most regions of the world .. Sufi doctrine has the specificity of engaging in dialogue with others and accept the rights of others. It looks at human being as a human being regardless of affiliation or religion or anything else .. This gave it the capacity to engage in dialogue with non-Muslims and calling them to Islam .. ".
Phase III: --
In this phase Islam became widespread, but there happens a change with the passage of time .. To maintain it, Arabs should be present in the non-Arab-Muslim areas and who are in contact with the source ..
Then he talked about the impact of Hadhrami people in some locations .Example of which is Sudan, citing the tribe of (Alhadhariqah) "which has taken its name from the Arabic word "Hadhramah" which means Hadhrami people. There are also other families with their Hadhrami names who had a great economic impact .."
He also spoke about the impact of Hadhrami people in Abyssinia, Kenya, pointing to the influence Hadrami played in east Africa in general and "the rule of Sufi doctrine in that area .."
In addition to that Dr. Sadik mentioned Zanzibar as one of the important areas that are "culturally and intellectually tracking of Hadramout" as well as the Comoros ..
He also talked about the Hadrami presence in Sri Lanka and India where some Hadhrami families who inhabited these areas such as (Al-Aidroos , Bahatab and bahraq) ..
And then went on to discuss Indonesia, Malaysia where the impact of Hadhrami people is clear there .. "Even internally, Hadhrami peolpe had a significant impact .. In Aden for example , no one can deny the role of ALAIDEROOS or Bamakhrema or Bazara'a."
As for the their contact with people,he said: "The Hadhrami traders go abroad for trading and communicate with kings - who are often pagans. Those kings benefit from Hadhrami traders and appoint them advisers or educators of their children .. so they raise them on islamic education and when they become kings , their kingdoms becmoe muslim.
And also their effect will continue through direct contact with people through trade .. "
-- Why study and survey: --
"Had Iraq or others had this dramatic impact,it would have been recognized .. but for the sparse number of population in Hadramaut, their role is ignored .. and therefore they must research on this subject as a kind of proving oneself in the era of globalization of endurance before this wind blew it away. This is a completed Arab,Yemeni and Hadrami primarily role. ..
People there outside Yemen need to prove their Hadhrami identity .. As we Hadhrami people must show our history as pure. "
The lecture was followed by discussions of attendance and their interventions that have affected the lecture for which the doctor replied.
Attended the lecture , literary writers Federation Vice president Hadramout coast branch Dr. / Abdul Kader Ali Baissa and a number of writers, intellectuals , university professors, researchers and those interested in literature and history.
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