Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfīr, edited by Camilla Adang, Hassan Ansari, Maribel Fierro, and Sabine Schmidtke

Authors : Amr OSMAN

Pages : 145-149

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2017.81.163

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Publication Date : 2017-06-24

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :First Paragraph: This volume takes its readers in a journey of the subject of takfīr insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(generally rendered “accusation of unbelief”); in Islam. It begins with an introduction that is generous with references to sources on various aspects of takfīr. Despite, or perhaps because of, the “long history” of takfīr in Islam insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p. 2);, the Editors emphasize from the outset that many of the traditions, Prophetic and otherwise, from early and medieval Islamic history condemned the practice of takfīr that was regarded as a “dangerous instrument” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p. 12);. In an overview of events from early Islam and the emergence of early Muslim sects, the Editors touch on issues that were closely associated with the rise of takfīr, mainly, the definition of faith and the status of miscreants insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(fussāq);. Here, we find a tendency among some Muslim sects insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(such as the Muʿtazilīs and the Sunnīs); to condemn certain views as constituting unbelief while abstaining from accusing individuals holding them of takfīr.
Keywords : Accusations of Unbelief, Diachronic Perspective, Takfīr

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