Upholding God’s Rule: Early Muslim Juristic Opposition to the State Employment of Non-Muslims

Upholding God’s Rule: Early Muslim Juristic Opposition to the State Employment of Non-Muslims

This journal article from 2012 is a discussion and study of what reactions by Muslims were to the early appointment of non-Muslims to positions of power and administration towards the end of Umayyad rule, and towards the beginning of Abbasid rule. The reactions of Muslims in this case, no matter if they were good or not, shows the interaction between religions under the Abbasid rule, and helps to understand if the appointments discussed in the other reading on the role of Dhimmis, was accepted or not.

Luke Yarbrough

Yarbrough, Luke. “Upholding God’s Rule: Early Muslim Juristic Opposition to the State Employment of Non-Muslims.” Islamic Law and Society 19, no. 1/2 (2012).

Islamic Law and Society

English

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