Renewing content is a way to moderate speech

Abstract

Discourse is the message that associates the self with the other, and the optimum means of disseminating moderation. The type of discourse renders the relationship either positive or negative. The more comprehensible the renewal in the discourse vocabulary of time changes, and the more it copes with the positive development, the more its effect on the relationship with the other be positive. There is no doubt that the religious discourse greatly affects the community as it touches upon human innate and harmonizes with noble feelings. However, maintaining archaic vocabulary in the religious discourse produced in accordance with certain givings that suit their time would yield extremism and fanaticism. This is true since what was produced for an age would never suit another, either partially or totally. Hence, renewal in the religious discourse and the proper handling of its main vocabulary in a modern frame which is open to contemporary givings is mandatory. On this basis, the study addresses an important issue namely, introducing the Islamic religious discourse into the competitive domain within a market pregnant with thoughts that used various technologies of intake. Accordingly, the study aims to answer the following questions. What is the effect of renewal in the discourse vocabulary on producing a moderate discourse? What are the models that require discourse renewal? To answer these questions, the study adopts the theoretical analytical approach. The most important findings of the study include;-Discourse content is vital throughout the Islamic life. Renewal in this regard is mandatory so as to cope with recent developments and be influential.-Vocabulary of common use such as jihad, relation with the ruler, the call to do good deeds and renounce bad deeds should be handled in their collective context in line with the public interests of our doctrine. This requires continuous revision and renewal in accordance with the spacio-temporal implications.-The positive handling of human rights and the vocabulary of peaceful change would deter opponents of Islamic communities from using the negative intake of these vocabularies to accuse Islam with despotism, mouth muffling and freedom confiscation. On this basis, if the nation does not keep pace with recent developments in line with its principles that do not renounce cope, it would stay in the circle of arrogance and ignorance which affected the nation in various domains. Moreover, it would represent the medium for recurrent movements of extremism. The most important recommendations of the study include;1.Research centers and universities need to determine the vocabulary whose discourse content requires renewal and suggest them as research projects.2. The vocabulary of the Islamic religious discourse should be courageously handled regardless of the cultural implications