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Said Nursi's Teachings on the People of the Book: a case study of Islamic social policy in the early twentieth century

 

Author: Saritoprak Z.

Source: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 11, Number 3, 1 October 2000, pp. 321-332(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Presented in this paper is a concise biography of Said Nursi (1876-1960) with regard to the People of the Book and Muslim-Christian relations, aimed at giving the reader background into the scholar whose works are subsequently presented and analyzed. Nursi's discussion of the People of the Book and the concept of dhimm (individual and regional religious protectorate) as developed from qur'nic references and prophetic traditions (Hadth) is then analyzed. Significantly, through this paper, these key concepts as covered by a scholar as important to the field as Nursi, are made available to English-speaking people for the first time as the author references Nursi's book Munazarat, which has yet to be translated into English.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-10-01

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