Guardians of Islam: Religious Authority and Muslim Communities of Late Medieval Spain

by Kathryn A. Miller (Author)

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Muslim enclaves within non-Islamic polities are commonly believed to have been beleaguered communities undergoing relentless cultural and religious decline. Cut off from the Islamic world, these Muslim groups, it is assumed, passively yielded to political, social, and economic forces of assimilation and acculturation before finally accepting Christian dogma.

Kathryn A. Miller radically reconceptualizes what she calls the exclave experience of medieval Muslim minorities. By focusing on the legal scholars (faqihs) of fifteenth-century Aragonese Muslim communities and translating little-known and newly discovered texts, she unearths a sustained effort to connect with Muslim coreligionaries and preserve practice and belief in the face of Christian influences. Devoted to securing and disseminating Islamic knowledge, these local authorities intervened in Christian courts on behalf of Muslims, provided Arabic translations, and taught and advised other Muslims. Miller follows the activities of the faqihs, their dialogue with Islamic authorities in nearby Muslim polities, their engagement with Islamic texts, and their pursuit of traditional ideals of faith. She demonstrates that these local scholars played a critical role as cultural mediators, creating scholarly networks and communal solidarity despite living in an environment dominated by Christianity.

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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (October 9, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231136129
ISBN-13: 978-0231136129
Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 9 inches
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Muslim Eastern Spain fatwa development 1400-1500

By William Garrison Jr. VINE VOICE on December 2, 2010

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"Guardians of Islam" by Kathryn A. Miller (2008), 276 pages: 181 pages of text; another 60 pages of notes, with 32 pages of bibliography and index, totaling 276 pages. C. early 2013 a "Look Inside" feature became available - you can read much of the book online now. The purpose of this book is to review how Muslim religious scholars (imams) advised how Muslims could follow Islamic theological and sociological teachings while living amongst hostile Christians in the Aragon region of north-eastern Spain (sharq al-Andalus) during the 1400s. This is the era immediately before the Christian monarch ordered that Muslims had to either convert to Christianity or move outside Spain. The author wrote about tasks and procedures of scribes in developing fatawa in guiding 15th-century Spanish Muslims in how to properly act as Muslims, but this book does not list specific legal guidelines nor penalties. Not a "100 ahadith codices" guidebook. It reviews the legal conflicts between Muslims and Christian as Christians invaders took over Muslim lands (which centuries earlier had been Christian). The author reviews Islamic disputes over whether or not Christians are "najas" (impure) and therefore cannot issue legal opinions involving Muslims (p.117). Regarding this "clash of civilizations" the author noted: Ibn Miqlash "specifically said that the Muslim's jihad, or effort to come closer to God, would receive no thanks in heaven if he fraternized with Christians" (p. 129). Or the preacher Ibn Miqlash: "The Muslim who spends time with a Christian for forty days in friendship, if he dies during these forty days, he dies as a disbeliever and goes to hell" (p. 148). The author devotes an interesting and informative chapter discussing the ransom of Christians and Muslims between one another.Read more ›

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