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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Auteur principal: Verskin, Alan 1981- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2015
Dans: Studies in Islamic law and society (39)
Année: 2015
Collection/Revue:Studies in Islamic law and society 39
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Droit islamique / Spanien / Andalusien / al- Andalus / Malékites / Religion non islamique / Monde occidental / Statut juridique / The Legal Status of religious minorities in the countries of the European Union (1993, Thessaloniki) / Histoire / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Résumé:"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
Description matérielle:X, 202 S., 25 cm
ISBN:9004283196