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missing page info • first pub 1986 (editions)
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This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both ...
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missing page info • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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Description
This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both ...
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Content Warnings