Race and Tribe in Islam
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Race in scripture
In the Quran
Bedouins
The Arabs of the desert [al-a'araab[1]; the Bedouins] are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent down to His Messenger: But Allah is All-knowing, All-Wise.
In the hadith
Race in Islamic law
Racial Kafa'ah ("equivalence") in marriage
Racial misidentification
In the Muslim world today
References
- ↑ See Lane's Lexicon الأعراب and Lane's Lexicon بدوي
- ↑ E. van Donzel; B. Lewis; Ch. Pellat et al., eds, (1997), "Kafa'a", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 4 IRAN-KHA (New Edition [2nd] ed.), Leiden: E.J. Brill, p. 404, ISBN 90 04 05745 5, 1997