Antinomianism

by Papas, Alexandre

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Antinomianism (ibāḥa, ibāḥiyya) is a term for religious tendencies considered permissive, extremist, or deviant. Originally a technical term in Islamic religious law, ibāḥa has been used by mediaeval heresiographers, both Sunnī and Shīʿī, to condemn these tendencies inside or outside their communities. Equally disturbed by what they viewed as aberrant practices and concepts, Ṣūfī scholars denounced antinomianism as a perversion of Ṣūfism. The incessant debates on ibāḥa can be understood as vari…

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Antinomianism (ibāḥa, ibāḥiyya) is a term for religious tendencies considered permissive, extremist, or deviant. Originally a technical term in Islamic religious law, ibāḥa has been used by mediaeval heresiographers, both Sunnī and Shīʿī, to condemn these tendencies inside or outside their communities. Equally disturbed by what they viewed as aberrant practices and concepts, Ṣūfī scholars denounced antinomianism as a perversion of Ṣūfism. The incessant debates on ibāḥa can be understood as variations on the problem of Islamic law confronted with its unavoidable subversion by some Muslim individuals or groups in

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1028

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eng Islam

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Papas, Alexandre

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