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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1. VerfasserIn: Verskin, Alan 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2015
In: Studies in Islamic law and society (39)
Jahr: 2015
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Studies in Islamic law and society 39
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Islamisches Recht / Spanien / Andalusien / al- Andalus / Malikiten / Nichtislamische Religion / Westliche Welt / Rechtsstellung / The Legal Status of religious minorities in the countries of the European Union (1993, Thessaloniki) / Geschichte / Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B Malikites (Spain) History
B Spain History 711-1516
B Islamic Law History
B Muslims (Non-Islamic countries)
B Muslims Legal status, laws, etc
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Physische Details:X, 202 S., 25 cm
ISBN:9004283196