Arab apostates in Byzantium: Evidence from Arabic sources

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Published: Nov 5, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/byzsym.18441
Keywords:
Arab minorities in Byzantium Apostasy from Islam voluntary conversion and assimilation
Abdelaziz Muhammad RAMADAN
Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Abstract

Το άρθρο πραγματεύεται το θέμα της παρουσίας Μουσουλμάνων Αράβων «αποστατών» στο Βυζάντιο βάσει των ιστοριογραφικών αραβικών πηγών και σε σύγκριση με τις βυζαντινές πηγές. Εξετάζει εξονυχιστικά εάν υπήρχε δυνατότητα παρουσίας μίας μόνιμης αραβικής μειονότητας, η οποία θα είχε τις προϋποθέσεις για ένταξη στη βυζαντινή κοινωνία. Ως εκ τούτου, η εν λόγω δημοσίευση επιδιώκει να αντιμετωπίσει πολλά θέματα όπως: οι συνοριακές κοινότητες ως ένα πρόσφορο περιβάλλον για την αποστασία, τα προσωπικά κίνητρα της αποστασίας, μέχρι ποιό βαθμό οι Βυζαντινοί αποδέχθηκαν αυτούς τους αποστάτες, είτε σε επίσημο είτε σε καθημερινό επίπεδο σχέσεων. Τέλος, αναλύει πώς καθορίστηκε ο βαθμός αφομοίωσής τους στην βυζαντινή κοινωνία
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Abdelaziz Muhammad RAMADAN, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Professor of Medieval History, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
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