In this book, the author addresses the role of the Arab “intelligentsia” in influencing rulers and shaping social and political change. Likewise, the book deals with understanding the limits of scientific authority and the mechanisms of controlling its relationship with the political one, for both powers were combined during the era of the caliphate until their separation at the beginning of the era of kingdoms. The separation of the two powers posed a threat to the unity of the Islamic system considering that every authority in Islamic society had to conform to Shari’a law. This, however, was not always the case for some rulers who sought to control jurists by enticing or intimidating them when necessary.
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