纪录片《大英博物馆世界简史》 046阿卜杜勒马立克金币(7)（在线收听）

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."

这得益于网络的普及，新的通讯技术让拥有不同背景的穆斯林能与其他穆斯林取得联系，而忽略他们之间存在的文化、语言和种族差异。在英国的二代穆斯林中就有这种情形，他们已经失去了父母那一代的文化背景，而能与来自其他伊斯兰世界的年龄相仿的穆斯林建立联系。他们向往一种全球化的认同，一种基于信仰，而非种族背景甚至国籍的认同。

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，大马士革的金币以一种物质形式表现出了对统一的伊斯兰国家，对以真主为唯一指引的社会的渴望，如今，这样的渴望仍活跃于穆斯林之间。