By Ilyass Amharar Framing the Question This third essay in our series on the early encounters between Mālikism and Ashʿarism focuses on perhaps the most contested figure in the debate … Continue reading Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī, Ashʿarism, and the Politics of a Phrase: A Case Study in Historiographical Anachronism
By Ilyass Amharar Why This Essay Belongs on the Islamic Law Blog My first essay established that the encounter between Mālikism and Ashʿarism cannot be relegated to a late, politically … Continue reading Kairouan, Baghdad, Fez: The Early Networks of Mālikī Ashʿarism in the Maghrib
By Ilyass Amharar Why This Question Matters for Islamic Legal History? Readers of a blog devoted to Islamic law might reasonably wonder why a post about kalām (speculative theology) belongs … Continue reading Early Contacts Between Mālikism and Ashʿarism: Rethinking a Narrative of Separation
