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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab world : the roots of sectarianism /

Masters explores the evolution of Christian and Jewish communities in the Ottoman empire over four hundred years. Early communities lived with the hierarchy of Muslim law, but the nineteenth century marked the beginning of tensions between Muslims and Christians and the twentieth-century rhetoric of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Masters, Bruce Alan, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Masters explores the evolution of Christian and Jewish communities in the Ottoman empire over four hundred years. Early communities lived with the hierarchy of Muslim law, but the nineteenth century marked the beginning of tensions between Muslims and Christians and the twentieth-century rhetoric of religious fundamentalism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-217) and index.
ISBN:0511017812
9780511017810
9780521803335
0521803330