Through analysis of the Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad, which
pledge protection to diverse faith communities, this book makes a
profoundly important contribution to research on early Islam by
determining the Covenants’ historicity and textual accuracy. The
authors focus on the Prophet Muḥammad’s relationship with other
faith communities by conducting detailed textual and linguistic
analysis of documents which have received little scholarly
consideration before. This not only includes decrees of the Prophet
Muḥammad, ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib,
and Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān, but also of important Muslim rulers.
They present their findings in relation to contemporaneous historical
writings, historic testimonies, official recognition, archaeological
evidence, historic scribal conventions, date-matching calculations,
textual parallelisms, and references in Muslim and non-Muslim sources.
They also provide new and revised translations of various Covenants
issued by the Prophet Muḥammad which were attested by Muslim
authorities after him. The authors argue that the claim of forgery is
no longer tenable following the application of rigorous textual and
historical analysis. This book is essential reading for Muslims,
Christians, Jews, Samaritans, and Zoroastrians, as well as anyone
interested in interfaith relations, Islamophobia, extremist
ideologies, security studies, and the relationship between Orthodox
and Oriental Christianity with Islam.
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From Shared Historical Memory to Peaceful Co-existence
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000821031
Publisert
2022
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Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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