The Legal Status of Non-Muslims in the Shiite Fiqh and Iranian Laws (1906-2020) /

Edalatnejad, Saeid,

The Legal Status of Non-Muslims in the Shiite Fiqh and Iranian Laws (1906-2020) / Saeid Edalatnejad. - 1 online resource - Christians and Jews in Muslim Societies ; 8 Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022 . - Christians and Jews in Muslim Societies ; 8. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022. .

Preliminary materials / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Copyright page / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Preface / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Acknowledgements / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Abbreviations / Saeid Edalatnejad -- A Note on Transliterations and Dates / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chronology / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Introduction / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chapter 1 The Status of Non-Muslims in the Shiite Imāmī School / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chapter 2 The Context of Iranian Constitutionalism / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chapter 3 The Codification of Laws and Regulations (1906-1979) / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chapter 4 The Codification of Laws and Regulations (1979-2020) / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Chapter 5 Towards a New Ijtihād / Saeid Edalatnejad -- Index / Saeid Edalatnejad.

This work, a partial history of Iranian laws between 1906 and 2020, demonstrates that the main obstacle to improving the legal status of non-Muslims in Muslim contexts is the fiqhī opinions, which are mistakenly regarded as an integral part of the Islamic faith. It aims to clarify why and how Islamic Shiite rulings about non-Muslims shifted to the Iranian laws and how it is possible to improve the legal status of the Iranian non-Muslims under the Islamic government.


English

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10.1163/9789004523517 DOI


Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History. --Iran
Shīʻah--Doctrines. 
Dhimmis (Islamic law) 
Shīʻah--History. --Iran
Constitutional history--Iran. 
Law--Codification--History. --Iran

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