TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wagner, Mark S.
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015//
TI  - Jews and Islamic law in early 20th-century Yemen
T3  - Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
PB  - Indiana Univ. Press
CY  - Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]
KW  - Jews
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Yemen (Republic)
KW  - History
KW  - Dhimmis (Islamic law)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Islam
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Ethnic relations
AB  - "In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. Jews regularly came into contact with Islamic courts and Muslim jurists, by choice and by necessity, became embroiled in the most intimate details of their Jewish neighbors' lives. Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari'a for their own benefit and for the good of their community. The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim societies"--
SN  - 9780253014870
LA  - English
N1  - Mark S. Wagner
ID  - 788169440
ER  -