Good morning Dan.
Mehmet Zarazsoglu in Istanbul would probably be able to share his experience
since he has been practicing Constellation Work there for some time and he
runs the Hellinger Institute of Istanbul. I am not able to communicate a lot
in English with him but I know he is quite fluent in German.
I have attended a workshop that Bert has led in Istanbul.
There is a group of Constellators in Greece that work side by side with some
of the Constellators in Turkey on issues about reconciliation.
What an interesting aspect!
Thank you for bringing it to our forum
Ciao
Chiara
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Dan Booth Cohen <danbcohen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear CT members,
In the past, several Islamic members of my prison group said they would no
longer attend meetings where Constellations were part of the program. One
man explained that Islamic law prohibits "talking to the dead." The
practice of setting up representatives for people who had died violated
this
prohibition. Another man explained his choice this way:
"I've done a lot of bad things in my life and hurt a lot of people. Now I
am sentenced to die in prison. You could say I've messed up my life pretty
good. My practice of Islam gives me a chance to have it better in the next
life. Maybe I can even get to heaven. I don't want to mess that up by
doing Constellations."
In responding to their announcement to withdraw, I emphasized my respect
for
their religious beliefs and practices, telling them they would be missed
and
welcomed back at any time. Within the year, all but one of these Islamic
members returned to the meetings.
Are any members of CT Muslim?
Are there Islamic Constellation facilitators?
Has anyone here led Constellation workshops in Islamic countries?
Do you have any insights relating the representation of the dead in
Constellations with sharia?
Thanks as always for your responses and insights.
Dan
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