Yemeni debates on the status of non-Muslims in Islamic law

This essay examines Yemeni legal debates, in the period between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, regarding the status of and relations with non‐Muslims inside and outside the Islamic state. The legal works considered in this paper are written by Zaydi scholars, but they are informed by all ot...

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主要作者: Dallal, Ahmad S. ca. 20./21. Jhdt. (Author)
格式: Print Article
語言:English
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出版: 1996
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 1996, 卷: 7, 發布: 2, Pages: 181-192
Further subjects:B Holy War
B 聖戰
B Modern Era
B 現代
B 伊斯蘭教
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總結:This essay examines Yemeni legal debates, in the period between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, regarding the status of and relations with non‐Muslims inside and outside the Islamic state. The legal works considered in this paper are written by Zaydi scholars, but they are informed by all other Muslim legal traditions. Studies of the Islamic law of nations and of the dhimma system have traditionally fluctuated between either wholesale condemnation or unqualified apologetic defence. And yet, as the works examined in this essay illustrate, the Islamic legal position on each of the controversial aspects of the laws of non‐Muslims is diverse, and it does not lend itself to essentialist classifications. Moreover, this diversity demonstrates the internal flexibility of the law and its inherent potential for reforming itself.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contains:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations