Tolerance and coercion in Islam : interfaith relations in the Muslim tradition /
"Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. The most distinctive characteristic of these encounters was that Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power. They w...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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