Fluid Boundaries: Christian Sacred Space and Islamic Relics in an Early Ḥadīth

This article examines a ḥadīth text that illustrates the complicated interactions between Christian and Islamic sacred spaces in the early period of Islamic rule in the Near East. In this narrative, the Prophet Muḥammad gives a group of Arabs instructions for how to convert a church into a mosque, t...

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Main Author: Bursi, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 6, Pages: 478-510
Further subjects:B Mosques
B Ḥadīth
B Churches
B Early Islam
B Christian-Muslim relations
B Relics
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