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7 - Religion and Society

from Part II - Heresy and Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2023

Ahmad Khan
Affiliation:
American University in Cairo
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This chapter distils a massive reservoir of discourses of heresy against Abu Hanifa to document the capaciousness of the proto-Sunni traditionalist effort to marginalise him and his followers. It identifies the multifarious nature of criticisms against him: proto-Sunni traditionalists assailing him on account of his jurisprudence, expertise in hadith, theology, and piety. This chapter closes with a discussion of the social regulation of heresy and orthodoxy in the eighth to tenth centuries.

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Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
The Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century
, pp. 206 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Religion and Society
  • Ahmad Khan, American University in Cairo
  • Book: Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009093033.008
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  • Religion and Society
  • Ahmad Khan, American University in Cairo
  • Book: Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009093033.008
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  • Religion and Society
  • Ahmad Khan, American University in Cairo
  • Book: Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
  • Online publication: 06 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009093033.008
Available formats
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