dar al-harb
(dār al-ḥarb)
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"The abode of war"; denotes the opposite of dār al-islām. |
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"The abode of war"; denotes the opposite of dār al-islām. In the second and third Islamic centuries, when Muslim states expanded their borders in a relatively short period of time, the jurists considered all lands under non-Muslim rule as belonging to dār al-ḥarb. This designation lost its meaning as the territorial expansion of Muslim states came to an end in later centuries. |
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Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard |
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