Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: The Roots of SectarianismMasters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire and how their identities evolved over four hundred years. While early communities lived within the hierarchy of Muslim law, the nineteenth century witnessed radical change. In response to Western influences, conflict erupted between Muslims and Christians across the empire. This marked the beginning of tensions that informed the rhetoric of religious fundamentalism in the empire's successor states throughout the twentieth century. Thus Masters negotiates the present through the past, contributing to our understanding of the contemporary Muslim world. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
Note on transliteration and terms | |
Introduction | 1 |
The limits of tolerance the social status of nonMuslims in the Ottoman Arab lands | 16 |
The Ottoman Arab world a diversity of sects and peoples | 41 |
Merchants and missionaries in the seventeenth century the West intrudes | 68 |
New opportunities and challenges in the long eighteenth century | 98 |
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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: The Roots of Sectarianism Bruce Masters No preview available - 2001 |
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From Empire to Orient: Travellers to the Middle East 1830-1926 Geoffrey Nash No preview available - 2005 |