Vernacular Legalism in the Ottoman Empire: Confession, Law, and Popular Politics in the Debate over the “Religion of Abraham (millet-i Ibrāhīm)”

Abstract In the seventeenth century, Ottoman jurists repeatedly tried to stop Muslims from stating that they “belonged to the religion of Abraham.” A century earlier, however, the expression had been a core part of the new confessional identity of the empire’s Muslims. This article explores how the...

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Main Author: Shafir, Nir (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 32-75
Further subjects:B Abrahamic Religions
B popular law
B Minḳārīzāde
B Religion
B Vernacular
B Confessionalization
B Early Modern
B millet-i Ibrāhīm
B Ottoman
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