This reissue of a classic study analyzes the significance of Sirhindi (1564-1624) in Islamic thought through a study of his celebrated letters.

Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi: An Outline of His Thought and a Study of His Image in the Eyes of Posterity (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Friedmann, Yohanan

Religion & Spirituality

Oxford University Press

Since its inception in colonial India in 1889, the Ahmadi movement has been, arguably, the most controversial movement in modern Islam. Friedmann provides an interesting insight into the origin and spread of a proselytizing mission that claims prophetic status for its founder, inviting the vehement opposition of the Sunni orthodoxy, that holds Muhammad to be the last prophet.

Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background

History

Asia

Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power and were therefore able to determine the nature of that relationship in accordance with their world-view and beliefs. Yohanan Friedmann's original and erudite study examines questions of religious tolerance as they appear in the Quran and in the prophetic tradition, and analyses the principle that Islam is exalted above all religions, discussing the ways in which this principle was reflected in various legal pronouncements. The book also considers the various interpretations of the Quranic verse according to which 'No compulsion is there in religion', noting that, despite the apparent meaning of this verse, Islamic law allowed the practice of religious coercion against Manichaeans and Arab idolators, as well as against women and children in certain circumstances.

Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

World

Cambridge University Press

Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power and were therefore able to determine the nature of that relationship in accordance with their world-view and beliefs. Yohanan Friedmann's original and erudite study examines questions of religious tolerance as they appear in the Quran and in the prophetic tradition, and analyses the principle that Islam is exalted above all religions, discussing the ways in which this principle was reflected in various legal pronouncements. The book also considers the various interpretations of the Quranic verse according to which 'No compulsion is there in religion', noting that, despite the apparent meaning of this verse, Islamic law allowed the practice of religious coercion against Manichaeans and Arab idolators, as well as against women and children in certain circumstances.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

This reissue of a classic study analyzes the significance of Sirhindi (1564-1624) in Islamic thought through a study of his celebrated letters.

Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī: An outline of his thought and a study of his image in the eyes of posterity (McGill Islamic studies)

McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam through four significant movements from different times and places\nExpectation of a redeemer is a widespread phenomenon across many civilizations. Classical Islamic traditions maintain that the mahdi will transform our world by making Islam the sole religion, and that he will do so in collaboration with Jesus, who will return as a Muslim and play a major role in this apocalyptic endeavour.\nWhile the messianic idea has been most often discussed in relation to Shi‘i Islam, it is highly important in the Sunni branch as well. In this groundbreaking work, Yohanan Friedmann explores its roots in Sunni Islam, and studies four major mahdi claimants – Ibn Tumart, Sayyid Muhammad Jawnpuri, Muhammad Ahmad and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – who made a considerable impact in the regions where they emerged. Focusing on their religious thought, and relating it to classical Muslim ideas on the apocalypse, he examines their movements and considers their achievements, failures and legacies – including the ways in which they prefigured some radical Islamic groups of modern times.

Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam

Christian Books & Bibles

Oneworld Academic

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Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi: An Outline of His Thought and a Study of His Image in the Eyes of Posterity (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background

Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī: An outline of his thought and a study of his image in the eyes of posterity (McGill Islamic studies)

Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam