Review: The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam
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Woodlock, Rachel. 2013. « Review: The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam ». American Journal of Islam and Society 31 (1): 114-16. doi:10.35632/ajis.v31i1.1026, bibliographie, consulté le 5 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/40143
- Titre
- Review: The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam
- Créateur
- Woodlock, Rachel Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
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- Hoffman, Valerie J. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
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- Résumé
- When writing about Islamic sectarian diversity, the vast majority of authorspay attention only to Sunni and Shi‘i Islam. Yet there exists a third groupdrawn from the earliest conflicts that rent the Muslim ummah apart: the Ibadis.If they are mentioned at all, it is usually little more than a footnote remarkingthat this group is the remnant of the Khariji secession in 657. Yet this thirdgroup – today predominant in Oman and Zanzibar, with populations also inAlgeria, Libya, and Tunisia – played an important political and theologicalrole in the immediate post-Prophetic period. Due to this word’s negative connotation,however, Ibadis do not refer to themselves as Kharijis, a group historicallyviewed as religious extremists by other Muslims. Instead, “Ibadi”comes from the enigmatic Abdullah ibn Ibad/Abad who died early in theeighth century, although, as the author notes, it is likely that his successor Jabiribn Zayd played a more important role in founding the group.Addressing the dearth of English-language resources on Ibadi beliefs, ValerieJ. Hoffman has written The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam in “an attempt tointroduce Ibadi Islamic theology to students and scholars of Islam” (p. 4) – atask in which she succeeds admirably. Her book is primarily a translation ofa theological primer and supplementary text, preceded by a short introductionon the origins and history of Ibadi Islam to orient the readers and prepare them ...
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- American Journal of Islam and Society Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- volume
- 31
- numéro
- 1
- pages
- 114-116
- Date
- 2014
- Langue
- eng
- doi
- 10.35632/ajis.v31i1.1026
- issn
- 2690-3741
Woodlock, Rachel. 2013. « Review: The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam ». American Journal of Islam and Society 31 (1): 114-16. doi:10.35632/ajis.v31i1.1026, bibliographie, consulté le 5 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/40143
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