Muslims and Others in Early Islamic Society

Muslims and Others in Early Islamic Society - The Formation of the Classical Islamic World

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Publisher's Synopsis

The interaction between Muslims and the other religious denominations of the Middle East in the period 620-1020 is the subject of this volume. This is arguably the single most important issue in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, since the Muslims were initially a minority in the lands that they had conquered and so had to reach some modus vivendi with the various religious communities in their realm. Fifteen articles by leading scholars shed light on this process from a number of different perspectives: historical, conceptual, legal, social and theological. An introduction both gives an overview and examines possibilities for future research. The period under study is demarcated at one end by the Prophet Muhammed (d. 632) who, as the Qur'an tells us, had to deal with Jews, Christians and polytheists. At the other end lies the great legal/political thinker Manardi (d. ca. 1020), by whose time the Middle East had become substantially Islamicised.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780860787136
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 909.097671
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 363
Weight: 453g
Height: 177mm
Width: 246mm
Spine width: 25mm