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“Islam is Above, not Below” “Islam is Above, not Below”
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Vocabularies of Muslim Difference Vocabularies of Muslim Difference
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Do Not Imitate! / Be Different! Do Not Imitate! / Be Different!
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Interreligious Difference Interreligious Difference
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People of the Book People of the Book
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Anxieties of Jewish Influence Anxieties of Jewish Influence
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Ritual Ritual
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Everyday Practice Everyday Practice
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Sectarianism Sectarianism
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Eṭhnic Difference Eṭhnic Difference
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Gender and Sexual Difference Gender and Sexual Difference
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Class and Status Distinctions Class and Status Distinctions
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The Human-Animal Boundary The Human-Animal Boundary
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Resembling Satan Resembling Satan
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The Pact of ʿUmar The Pact of ʿUmar
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The Great Value of Small Differenceṣ The Great Value of Small Differenceṣ
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Abstract
This chapter zooms out and take a bird’s-eye view of the hadith traditions against imitation, reading them alongside the Pact of ʿUmar. By illuminating thematic convergences between canonical texts belonging to distinct literary genres and directed toward specific audiences, it demonstrates how religion and politics in early Islamic history were twins. This holistic approach brings into view the grand cosmological vision of the Partisans of Hadith that illuminates why Muslim perceptions of other religions took the shape they did during the formative and early periods of Islam. The Partisans of Hadith espoused an imperial imaginary, a social imaginary that aimed to maintain distinction and hierarchy. By exploring this imperial imaginary, this chapter reveals unexpected intersections between religion and other categories of difference that otherwise go unnoticed with an exclusive focus on religious identity.
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