Zandaqa: Difference between revisions

 

Zanadiqa is usually translated as "heresy" and often used to "underscore the seriousness" of the religious error of the accused Muslim. It originally referred to the heresy of [[Manichaeism]], but "soon came" to be applied to Muslims who concealed their deviant beliefs.<ref name="Adang-2015-18">{{cite book |last1=Adang |first1=Camilla |last2=Ansari |first2=Hassan |last3=Fierro |first3=Maribel |title=Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfīr |date=2015 |publisher=Brill |page=18 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accusations_of_Unbelief_in_Islam/nf_dCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=takfir+in+islam&printsec=frontcover |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>

 

==Under the Abbasids==