Publisher's Synopsis
This study discusses the religious persecution against those not adhering to Mu?tazila doctrine carried out by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma?mun and known as "miḥna". It explores the previous sociological, theological and political sitiuation, the miḥna's process and its effects afterwards on Sunni theology.
An exploration on the impact the 9th century religious persecution known as "miḥna" had on Islamic history and theology.