The聽Druze聽dogma was developed in the 5th / 11th century in Cairo during the reign of the sixth Fatimid聽caliph聽al-岣つ乲im. The founders of this dogma, notably 岣mza, were Ismaili missionaries who, in their writings known as al-岣kma or the Ras膩示il al-岣kma, established a new Ismaili Shi’ite doctrine, which parted from the mainstream Fatimid doctrine.
Accused of extremism and exaggeration (ghuluww), the聽Druze聽movement was then banned from Cairo under the聽caliphate聽of al-岷捘乭ir, so it only developed in the Syrian mountains. Rural clan leaders in Syria had indeed converted to Druzism during the 诲补士飞补Lit. ‘summons’, ‘mission’ or invitation to Islam. Amongst Shi’i Muslims, it was the invitation to adopt the cause of the Imamat. It also refers more specifically to the hierarchy of… (1017-1043) and continued to pass on their doctrine secretly until the 9th / 15th century. In this talk, Dr Halawi will show how Druzism was in line with Ismaili doctrine at that time, while developing a substantive law influenced by Sunni聽fiqh聽and customary law.
Date:聽17 March 2021
Time:聽2.00 pm 鈥 4.00 pm GMT
Location:聽Online (Zoom)
Q&A:聽At any time during the lecture, attendees can submit questions to the speaker through the Q&A option at the bottom of the control panel. As time allows, the speaker will address as many questions as they can during the Q&A session at the end of the presentation.
Discussants:聽Dr F芒r猫s Gillon聽(鸟大大影院),聽聽(Oxford University).
Speaker
Dr Wissam Halawi
Dr Wissam Halawi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Institute of History and Anthropology of Religions (IHAR). He is a social historian of the Islamic world in mediaeval times, and works on rural Shiite and Christian minorities in the Middle East. His publications include: Les Druzes aux marges de l鈥橧slam. 脡sot茅risme et normativit茅 en milieu rural XIVe-XVIe si猫cle (Paris, 2021).
