Consuming Anxieties: Mobility of Commodities across Religious Boundaries in Nineteenth-Century Morocco
This article examines a fatwa written in the late nineteenth century by Jaʿfar b. Idrīs al-Kattānī, a distinguished Moroccan legal scholar. The issue that gave rise to the fatwa was the subject of heated debates among Moroccan Muslims at the time: the legality of using goods manufactured by non-Musl...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Année: 2017, Volume: 60, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 115-141 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Fatwas
B Economy B Modernity B Islamic tradition B pre-Protectorate Morocco |
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| Résumé: | This article examines a fatwa written in the late nineteenth century by Jaʿfar b. Idrīs al-Kattānī, a distinguished Moroccan legal scholar. The issue that gave rise to the fatwa was the subject of heated debates among Moroccan Muslims at the time: the legality of using goods manufactured by non-Muslims. New historical conditions brought by Moroccan modernity eroded religious and communal boundaries between Muslims and non-Muslims and accentuated concerns about the integrity of Islam. Suspicion and anxiety of the population found expression in widespread rumors about impurities in products manufactured by non-Muslims. By analyzing al-Kattānī’s fatwa, this article aims to offer insights into the relationships between the ʿulamāʾ, Islamic tradition, and modernity. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5209 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685209-12341421 |