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It is related to the spread of the internet, of new communication technology, that allows Muslims from different backgrounds to imagine some kind of relationship with other Muslims, regardless of their culture, language or ethnic group. So among your second-generation Muslims in Britain, let's say, they have lost the cultural background of their parents, and they have actually developed linkages with other Muslims of their age, who may have come from different parts of the Muslim world. It aspires towards a globalised identity, an identity where you have bonds based on belief, rather than ethnic background or even nationality."
這得益于網(wǎng)絡(luò)的普及，新的通訊技術(shù)讓擁有不同背景的穆斯林能與其他穆斯林取得聯(lián)系，而忽略他們之間存在的文化、語言和種族差異。在英國的二代穆斯林中就有這種情形，他們已經(jīng)失去了父母那一代的文化背景，而能與來自其他伊斯蘭世界的年齡相仿的穆斯林建立聯(lián)系。他們向往一種全球化的認(rèn)同，一種基于信仰，而非種族背景甚至國籍的認(rèn)同。
The yearning for one Islamic community, inspired and guided by the word of God alone-that dream, first clearly articulated in physical form on the coin struck in Damascus over 1,300 years ago-is clearly still very much alive.
1300多年前，大馬士革的金幣以一種物質(zhì)形式表現(xiàn)出了對統(tǒng)一的伊斯蘭國家，對以真主為唯一指引的社會的渴望，如今，這樣的渴望仍活躍于穆斯林之間。
