Hukm bi-ma anzala'llah: The Forgotten Prehistory of an Islamist Slogan

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2016

Abstract

Srat al-Maida, verses 42-8 comprises a meditation (or set of exhortations) concerning the role of revelation in judicial decision making. In the late 1930s a rabbi in Yemen petitioned the Muslim ruler, asking that Jews who made recourse to Sharia courts be sent to Jewish religious courts instead. Over fifty years later, he recalled his thought process at the time:1.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Qur'anic Studies

First Page

117

Last Page

143

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