Islamic law and the crisis of the Reconquista: the debate on the status of Muslim communities in Christendom
"The Reconquista left unprecedentedly large numbers of Muslims living under Christian rule. Since Islamic religious and legal institutions had been developed by scholars who lived under Muslim rule and who assumed this condition as a given, how Muslims should proceed in the absence of such rule...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2015
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| In: |
Studies in Islamic law and society (39)
Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Islamic law and society
39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islamic law
/ Spain
/ Andalusia
/ al- Andalus
/ Malikites
/ Non-Islamic religion
/ Western world
/ Legal status
/ The Legal Status of religious minorities in the countries of the European Union (1993, Thessaloniki)
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Malikites (Spain)
History
B Spain History 711-1516 B Islamic Law History B Muslims (Non-Islamic countries) B Muslims Legal status, laws, etc |
| Summary: | "The Reconquista left unprecedentedly large numbers of Muslims living under Christian rule. Since Islamic religious and legal institutions had been developed by scholars who lived under Muslim rule and who assumed this condition as a given, how Muslims should proceed in the absence of such rule became the subject of extensive intellectual investigation. In this book, Alan Verskin examines the way in which the Iberian school of Maliki law developed in response to the political, theological, and practical difficulties posed by the Reconquista. He shows how religious concepts, even those very central to the Islamic religious experience, could be rethought and reinterpreted in order to respond to the changing needs of Muslims"--Page 4 of cover |
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| ISBN: | 9004283196 |