Hermeneutics in Muslim Sociology: Islamic “Race” Concept According to Snoukh Hurgronje

Milena Aziza Rampoldi

Hermeneutics in Muslim Sociology: Islamic “Race” Concept According to Snoukh Hurgronje

Author(s)	Milena Aziza Rampoldi
Country	Turkey
Abstract	In this article, the author, Dr. phil. Milena Aziza Rampoldi of ProMosaik talks about the controversial issue of "race"/ethnicity by translating and analyzing the conference held by the Dutch Arabist and Islam scholar C. Snouck Hurgronje in 1922 at the university of Leide. In this context, she states: "My objective is to show how the Dutch Islamic scholar at the beginning of the 1920s presented the egalitarian and anti-racist standpoint of Islam he called "system Islam" and the Prophet Muhammad in the context of the "racial theory" and the prevailing colonialism, by addressing the topic starting from the concept of "division/separation". The author is convinced that the term "race" is a construct. There are thus "no" races at all, but at the same time those who oppose any division of humanity into races – like human rights activists - should deal with the issue of the "race"/ethnicity as a construct. For it is not possible to disprove a term if we do not first put it into my mouth. The use of the term “race” is wrong. However, the lack of use by the people who refute it is also dangerous, because racist attitudes continue to be widespread all over the world, and we must oppose them forcefully. The term "racism" goes back to the word "race". And those who ignore the word "race", also as a "non-existent construct", can no longer effectively and dynamically oppose any "racist" or "race-related" attitude, because they exclude this attitude as non-existent. And this is especially true today in Mauritania, where slavery still has a share of racial slavery, although the racialisation of slavery does not explain the overall phenomenon of slavery in Mauritania. However, it is an important component of slavery, which is reflected on a social level in the dialectic between the white Beydan and the black mosaic society, which has little access to power.
Keywords	racism, islam and ethnicity, races in islam, struggle against racism in islam, Quran and races, Snouck Hurgronje and system islam
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2026
Published On	2026-07-19

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