Malikite
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a word derived from
Maliki.
Malikinounone of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Malik ibn Anas (c715–795).
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Yet they were also very different: the Malikite legalism of the Almoravids was in contrast to the cosmopolitanism of Ibn Tumart’s ideology.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The manuals of Malikite legal doctrine were banned and later burned, to be replaced by the teachings of Ibn Tumart, who died in 1130.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023