Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen

The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim societies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. The Islamic Judicial System and the Jews
2. Changing God's Law
3. Muslim Jews and Jewish Muslims
4. Concord and Conflict in Economic Life
5. Intercommunal Violence and the Shari'a
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Mark S. Wagner is Associate Professor of Arabic at Louisiana State University and author of Like Joseph in Beauty: Yemeni Vernacular Poetry and Arab-Jewish Symbiosis.

Summary

In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. This book draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari'a for their own benefit and for the good of their community.

Product details

• Authors: Mark S Wagner, Mark S. Wagner
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2014
• EAN: 9780253014825
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01482-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and; Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies; Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies; Indiana Sephardi and Mizrahi S; Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries