Non-Muslims in Qurānic exegetical discourse
The Qurān contains both verses advocating war against non-Muslims as well as fostering peace with them. This article examines some of the most crucial verses on this topic and exegetical interpretations of them from scholars belonging to various shades of opinion. It is evident that scholarly consen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2010, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-60 |
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| Summary: | The Qurān contains both verses advocating war against non-Muslims as well as fostering peace with them. This article examines some of the most crucial verses on this topic and exegetical interpretations of them from scholars belonging to various shades of opinion. It is evident that scholarly consensus on related issues is absent for which this article gives possible reasons. It stresses the role played by social and even academic factors in shaping scholars' perceptions of non-Muslims and uncovers numerous competing voices in Qurānic exegesis based on Jauss's variant horizons of expectations. Although uniform trends are visible most of the time among particular perspectives of commentary, individual trends do transpire both synchronically and diachronically. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC101148 |