Author: Hannah-Lena HagemannPublisher: Edinburgh Studies in Classical
ISBN: 9781474450898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Analyses the narrative function of Khārijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography
The Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition
Author: Hannah-Lena HagemannPublisher: Edinburgh Studies in Classical
ISBN: 9781474450898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Analyses the narrative function of Khārijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography
Muslim Rebels
Author: Jeffrey T. KenneyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198030185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community of the saved. Their influence in the political and theological life of the nascent faith has ensured their place in both critical and religious accounts of early Islamic history. Based on the image of sect fostered by the Islamic tradition, the name Kharijite defines a Muslim as an overly-pious zealot whose ideas and actions lie beyond the pale of normative Islam. After a brief look at Kharijite origins and the traditional image of these early rebels, this book focuses on references to the Kharijites in Egypt from the 1950s to the 1990s. Jeffrey T. Kenney shows how the traditional image of the Kharijites was reawakened to address the problem of radical Islamist opposition movements. The Kharijites came to play a central role in the rhetoric of both religious authorities, whose official role it is to interpret Islam for the masses, and the secular state, which cynically turns to Islamic ideas and symbols to defend its legitimacy. Even those Islamists who defend militant tactics, and who are themselves tainted by the Kharijite label, become participants in the discourse surrounding Kharijism. Although all Egyptians agree that modern Kharijites represent a dangerous threat to society, serious debates have arisen about the underlying social, political and economic problems that lead Muslims down this destructive path. Kenney examines these debates and what they reveal about Egyptian attitudes toward Islamist violence and its impact on their nation. Long before 9/11, Egyptians have been dealing with the problem of Islamist violence, frequently evoking the Kharijites. This book represents an important contribution to Islamic studies and Middle East studies, adding to our understanding of how the Islamic past shapes the present discourse surrounding Islamist violence in one Muslim society.
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Adam J. SilversteinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199545723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
How did Islam arise from the obscurity of seventh century Arabia to the headlines of the 21st century? This introduction answers that question; exploring the cultural & religious diversity of Islamic history. Adam Silverstein explains its significance & considers its impact on Islamic society today.
The Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition
Author: Hannah-Lena HagemannPublisher: Edinburgh Studies in Classical
ISBN: 9781474450881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Analyses the narrative function of Khārijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography
Islamic Historiography
Author: Chase F. RobinsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
How did Muslims of the classical Islamic period understand their past? What value did they attach to history? How did they write history? How did historiography fare relative to other kinds of Arabic literature? These and other questions are answered in Chase F. Robinson's Islamic Historiography, an introduction to the principal genres, issues, and problems of Islamic historical writing in Arabic, that stresses the social and political functions of historical writing in the Islamic world. Beginning with the origins of the tradition in the eighth and ninth centuries and covering its development until the beginning of the sixteenth century, this is an authoritative and yet accessible guide through a complex and forbidding field, which is intended for readers with little or no background in Islamic history or Arabic.
Conquered Populations in Early Islam
Author: Elizabeth UrbanPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474423221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien. How did these Muslims at the crossroads of insider and outsider find their place in early Islamic society? How did Islamic society itself change to accommodate these new members? By analysing how these liminal Muslims resolved the tension between belonging and otherness, Conquered Populations in Early Islam reveals the shifting boundaries of the early Islamic community and celebrates the dynamism of Islamic history.
Medieval Islamic Political Thought
Author: Patricia CronePublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748696504
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions.
Opposing the Imam
Author: Nebil HusaynPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108967108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Islam's fourth caliph, Ali, can be considered one of the most revered figures in Islamic history. His nearly universal portrayal in Muslim literature as a pious authority obscures centuries of contestation and the eventual rehabilitation of his character. In this book, Nebil Husayn examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who disliked Ali and his descendants. The nawasib participated in politics and scholarly discussions on religion at least until the ninth century. However, their virtual disappearance in Muslim societies has led many to ignore their existence and the subtle ways in which their views subsequently affected Islamic historiography and theology. By surveying medieval Muslim literature across multiple genres and traditions including the Sunni, Mu'tazili, and Ibadi, Husayn reconstructs the claims and arguments of the nawasib and illuminates the methods that Sunni scholars employed to gradually rehabilitate the image of Ali from a villainous character to a righteous one.
Female Islamic Education Movements
Author: Masooda BanoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188830
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This book challenges the assumptions of creative agency and the role of Islamic education movements for women across the wider Muslim world.
God's Rule
Author: Patricia CronePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231132916
Category : Islam and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Patricia Crone's God's Rule is a fundamental reconstruction and analysis of Islamic political thought focusing on its intellectual development during the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions. Based on a wide variety of primary sources--including some not previously considered from the point of view of political thought--this is the first book to examine the medieval Muslim answers to questions crucial to any Western understanding of Middle Eastern politics today, such as why states are necessary, what functions they are meant to fulfill, and whether or why they must be based on religious law. The character of Muslim political thought differs fundamentally from its counterpart in the West. The Christian West started with the conviction that truth (both cognitive and moral) and political power belonged to separate spheres. Ultimately, both power and truth originated with God, but they had distinct historical trajectories and regulated different aspects of life. The Muslims started with the opposite conviction: truth and power appeared at the same time in history and regulated the same aspects of life. In medieval Europe, the disagreement over the relationship between religious authority and political power took the form of a protracted controversy regarding the roles of church and state. In the medieval Middle East, religious authority and political power were embedded in a single, divinely sanctioned Islamic community--a congregation and state made one. The disagreement, therefore, took the form of a protracted controversy over the nature and function of the leadership of Islam itself. Crone makes Islamic political thought accessible by relating it to the contexts in which it was formulated, analyzing it in terms familiar to today's reader, and, where possible, comparing it with medieval European and modern political thought. By examining the ideological point of departure for medieval Islamic political thought, Crone provides an invaluable foundation for a better understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern politics and current world events.