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- Title
Umma: the Orientalists and the QurĀnic concept of identity.
- Authors
AL FARUQI, MAYSAM J.
- Abstract
The article examines the framework supporting the Orientalist dogma, which continue to shape the presentation of Islamic identity. The dogma postulates that Islam started as a tribal ideology, it clashed with Judaism, and eventually transformed itself into a religion with ideals fabricated by a few theologians detached from the reality, and the actual beliefs and practices, of the Muslim community. The concept of political identity expressed in the term umma is elaborated through analysis of the Qur'anic text and the formative historical context.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS identity; ISLAM; UMMA; MUSLIMS; DOGMA; THEOLOGIANS
- Publication
Journal of Islamic Studies, 2005, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0955-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jis/16.1.1