The Ottoman Ulema 1: Osman, The Caliphate & The Mamluks - With Dr Yakoob Ahmed
The Thinking Muslim
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The Shees Lamp and the Caliph
Ottoman history has been a contestation between the lama's tradition of juris law and the ottoman sultan's prerogative. The halfata, which is called halfates, is a fato which the alim dhe sheklislam writes to remove the sultan. This is an automan concept, yo you could say, a state fator, to remove the leader of the state. We don't see this type of culture in this way by moslems before that. So this is very unique, that you have to get a fate and aminis a legal opinion. Once the shekle slam signed it, that was it. And we
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