Oppressed in the land?
Subtitle: fatwas on Muslims living under non-Muslim rule from the Middle Ages to the present
By: Alan Verskin
Series: Princeton series of Middle Eastern sources in translation; Princeton series of Middle Eastern sources in translation
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Princeton [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781558765719; 9781558765726
Subjects: Religiöse Minderheit; Fatwas; Christentum; Fetwa; Fatwor; Muslim; Juridik och lagstiftning; Muslims; Historia; Recht; Muslimer; Legal status, laws; Islam
Description: "How have Muslims, past and present, thought about the experience of living under non-Muslim rule? Does being a minority religion change the way Islam is practiced? What sort of religious freedoms have Muslims defined as being important? Can there be an authentic Islam where the Shari{u02BF}a cannot be enforced? This anthology of fatwās showcases diverse reflections by major Muslim thinkers on the political, social, and theological ramifications of living in places with non-Muslim governments. These documents, which span the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries, reflect on the experiences of Muslim communities in such places as medieval Christian Spain, India, French Africa, Europe, the United States, and Israel/Palestine. Providing newly translated fatwās together with informative introductions and explanatory notes, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Islamic law, interreligious encounters, colonialism, comparative world history, and the Muslim experience of minorityhood"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The end of Muslim Spain; title: Rulers who falsely claim to be Muslims; title: India; title: The French in North Africa; title: The birth of minority jurisprudence (fiqh al-aqalliyyāt); title: Minority jurisprudence (fiqh al-aqalliyyāt) in the twentieth century; title: Appendix : Israel/Palestine.