Pro tempore, No. 17, 2022.
Pregledni rad
The Position of non-Muslims in the Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire
Ivana Đordić
Sažetak
This paper discusses the position of non-Muslims in the classical age of the Ottoman Empire and puts the Empire’s enactment of the policy of religious tolerance in the center. The reasoning for the tolerant attitude towards people of different religious backgrounds, especially Christians, is uncovered with an analysis of legislative grounds of the Empire based on the islamic religious law shariah, which stems from the Qur’an and Hadith. By analysing them, the attitude towards non-Muslims in classical Islam can be viewed more closely. The paper goes on to discuss the sultanic law, or örf, and how the laws brought by the Sultan are (in)dependent on shariah, and how the law affects the position of non-Muslims. A part of the paper also focuses on the millet system theory, that is, the incorporation of non-Muslims into so-called millets and the historiographical doubt about the relevancy of this theory is briefly polemised.
Ključne riječi
shariah; People of the Book; sultan law; millet system theory
Hrčak ID:
301701
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.12.2022.
Posjeta: 327 *