Islamic inquisition

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The Islamic inquisition, or Mihna, was an early 9th-century religious and political persecution in the Abbasid Caliphate during which scholars were forced to conform to the caliphs’ theological views, particularly on the createdness of the Qur’an.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Islamic inquisition canonical 2
Abbasid inquisition 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Islamic history ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
theological inquisition ⓘ
abolishedBy Caliph al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
linked to: al-Mutawakkil
affectedInstitution hadith scholarship ⓘ
judiciary (qadis) ⓘ
theological discourse (kalam) ⓘ
associatedTheologicalSchool Mu'tazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazila
broaderCategory religious persecution in the Middle Ages ⓘ
state-enforced religious doctrine ⓘ
continuedBy Caliph al-Mu'tasim ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tasim

Caliph al-Wathiq ⓘ
linked to: al-Wathiq
endedByPolicyChange reversal of support for Mu'tazilism ⓘ
endTime 848 ⓘ
enforcedDoctrine the Qur'an is created ⓘ
linked to: Quran
hasAlias Abbasid inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Islamic inquisition

Mihna ⓘ
Miḥna ⓘ
historicalSignificance early conflict over religious authority in Islam ⓘ
precedent for relations between ulama and caliphs ⓘ
initiatedBy Caliph al-Ma'mun ⓘ
linked to: al-Ma'mun
legalForm caliphal decree ⓘ
location Abbasid territories ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Baghdad ⓘ
mainDoctrinalIssue createdness of the Qur'an ⓘ
method dismissal from office ⓘ
flogging ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
interrogation of scholars ⓘ
notableOpponent Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
opposedDoctrine the Qur'an is uncreated ⓘ
politicalPurpose assertion of caliphal authority over religious scholars ⓘ
centralization of religious doctrine ⓘ
region Greater Syria ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
religiousPurpose imposition of Mu'tazilite theology ⓘ
result decline of official Mu'tazilism ⓘ
increased prestige of Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
strengthening of traditionalist Sunni theology ⓘ
startTime 833 ⓘ
stateContext Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
targetedGroup religious scholars ⓘ
traditionalist theologians ⓘ
timePeriod early 9th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mihna → alsoKnownAs → Islamic inquisition ⓘ
Islamic inquisition → hasAlias → Abbasid inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Islamic inquisition
Miḥna → alsoKnownAs → Islamic inquisition ⓘ