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.

Quran 9:97

In the hadith

Race in Islamic law

Racial Kafa'ah ("equivalence") in marriage

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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

[1] See Lane's Lexicon الأعراب and Lane's Lexicon بدوي

[:0-2] 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

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