Scholarly reference entry · Published (2015)
Complete citation
Emin Poljarević. “Ahl al-Dhimma” (infobox). In Islam: en religionsvetenskaplig introduktion, edited by Susanne Olsson and Simon Sorgenfrei. Stockholm: Liber, 2015.
Publication status and type
Published (2015); scholarly reference entry.
Overview
This scholarly reference entry examines the historical legal category of protected non-Muslim communities within classical Islamic governance. It situates its subject within relevant historical, social, and intellectual contexts while connecting the particular case to wider questions of interpretation, institutional life, and collective action. The publication considers how concepts, actors, traditions, or political conditions acquire significance within changing social settings. Its scholarly contribution lies in placing a clearly defined research problem in a broader interdisciplinary conversation. Read alongside related publications, it also illuminates enduring questions about religion, political inquiry, ethical reasoning, social transformation, and the circumstances under which knowledge, belonging, and collective agency take shape in public life.
Research question or central concern
How can the historical legal category of protected non-Muslim communities within classical Islamic governance be understood in context?
Main argument, approach, and contribution
A context-sensitive scholarly examination of the historical legal category of protected non-Muslim communities within classical Islamic governance.
Keywords
ahl al-dhimma; Islamic law; religious minorities; legal history; pluralism.
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Emin Poljarević 