Early shariah had a much more flexible character, and some modern Muslim scholars believe that it should be renewed, and that the classical jurists should lose special status.

Samarrai, however, also advises to handle this theory with care, as Medieval and Early Modern Muslim scribes often used etymologically " fanciful roots " in order claim the most outlandish things to be of Arabian or Muslim origin.

Historically, Samaritans were a large community — up to more than a million in late Roman times, but were then gradually reduced to several tens of thousands a few centuries ago — their unprecedented demographic shrinkage has been a result of various historical events, including, most notably, the bloody suppression of the Third Samaritan Revolt ( 529 CE ) against the Byzantine Christian rulers, and mass conversion to Islam in the Early Muslim period of Palestine.

Early Muslim chronicler Ibn Ishaq tells of a pre-Islamic conflict between the last Yemenite king of the Himyarite Kingdom and the residents of Yathrib.

Early Muslim sources take this account literally, and there are several hadith where Muhammad discusses the Angel Jibreel and the role he played in the battle.

Early Christian life on Patmos, however, barely survived Muslim raids from the 7th to the 9th century.

The term Early music era may also refer to contemporary but traditional or folk music, including Asian music, Persian music, music of India, Jewish music, Greek music, Roman music, the music of Mesopotamia, the music of Egypt, and Muslim music.

Early Muslim ruling dynasties of the time included Rawadids, Sajids, Salarids, Shaddadids, Shirvanshahs, and the Sheki and Tiflis emirates.

Early in the 13th century reports began to reach Europe of a mysterious and invincible horde from the east that destroyed Muslim empires and kingdoms, leading kings and popes to take them for Prester John, marching to save Christians from the Saracens ; but when they entered Poland and Hungary and annihilated Christian armies, a terrified Europe concluded that they were " Magogoli ", the offspring of Gog and Magog, released from the prison Alexander had constructed for them and heralding Armageddon.

Early Muslim archers, while being infantry archers without the mobility of horseback archer regiments, proved to be very effective in defending against light and unarmored cavalry attacks.

Early Muslim sources mention that the army of Gregory had used chains to link together its foot-soldiers, who had all taken an oath of death.

Early Muslim historian Ahmad al-Baladuri lists Adhri ' at as one of the towns that surrendered to the Muslims following the Battle of Tabuk in 630, while Muhammad was alive.

Early Muslim Dogma: A Source-Critical Study.

Early Muslim leaders Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab are buried beside Muhammad.

* Early August-Around 90 Hindus are massacred by Muslim separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir.

* Early November-Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Kashmiri separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen, calls on Muslim nations to cut ties with India and says the group will not renew a unilateral ceasefire.

Andalusian Arabic belongs to Early Western Neo-Arabic, which does not allow for any separation between Bedouin, urban, or rural dialects, nor does it show any detectable difference between communal dialects, such as Muslim, Christian and Jewish.

Early Muslim ruling dynasties of the time included Rawadids, Sajids, Salarids, Shaddadids, Shirvanshahs, and the Sheki and Tiflis emirates.

Early Muslim scholars writing about Dhul-Qarnayn also associated Gog and Magog with the Khazars.

" Early Persian and Ethiopic Muslim legends concerning Alexander made a similar connection between Al-Khidir and Alexander ( see figure ).

The Qadyani were declared as Non Muslim in Early 70's by Pakistan Assembly

* Carole Hillenbrand, A Muslim Principality in Crusader Times: The Early Artuqid State.

* Early Muslim philosophy

Early Christian communities have been described by Christian anarchists and some historians as having anarcho-communist characteristics.

English-speaking historians, following their German counterparts, generally subdivide the Middle Ages into three intervals: " Early ", " High " and " Late ".

In the 19th century, the entire Middle Ages were often referred to as the " Dark Ages ", but with the creation of these subdivisions use of this term was restricted to the Early Middle Ages, at least among historians.

Subsequent historians examining the Early Modern witch trials, particularly Carlo Ginzburg, Eva Pocs and Emma Wilby have also emphasised that the accounts in many of the witch trials represent visionary experiences, containing within them imaginary and surreal elements, which goes against Murray's rationalization of the trial accounts.

As soon as Murray published her theory she received criticism from other historians who had studied the Early Modern witch trials.

Most professional historians ( defined as paying members of organizations devoted to the propagation of history in higher education, like the American Historical Association ) now refer to the historical periods commonly known as the Renaissance and the Reformation as " the Early Modern Period ".

Many historians now prefer to use the term " Early Modern " for this period, a more neutral designation that highlights the period as a transitional one between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

Various historians have argued that shamanism also played a role in many of the pre-Christian religions of Europe, and that shamanic elements may have survived in popular culture right through to the Early Modern period.

Early on during the 1920s Prohibition in the United States, the American journalist and student of American English H. L. Mencken noted :" The origin of the ... Tom-Collins ... remains to be established ; the historians of alcoholism, like the philologists, have neglected them.

The year is considered by many historians to be a turning point in history due to various events ( see below ), particularly the Battle of Hastings and ensuing Norman conquest of England, with years prior to 1066 being the Early Middle Ages and years after 1066 being the High Middle Ages.

Dendrochronology has become important to art historians in the dating of panel paintings, and can also provide information as to the source of the panel — many Early Netherlandish paintings have turned out to be painted on panels of " Baltic oak " shipped from the Vistula region via ports of the Hanseatic League.

However, modern historians tend to regard the Vandals during the transitional period ( from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages ) as perpetuators, not destroyers, of Roman culture.

Early historians described him as a military genius, but by the 20th century his tactical acumen was reconsidered ; Philip Haigh suspects that the earl largely owed some of his victories, such as the First Battle of St Albans, to being in the right place at the right time.

Early twentieth-century historians noted that Jean Pierre Sioussat, a Frenchman, had directed the servants in the crisis.

Early modern Europe is the term used by historians to refer to a period in the history of Europe ( especially Western Europe and Central Europe ) which spanned the centuries between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the late 15th century to the late 18th century.

The term itself was coined by nineteenth century historians and the distinction between the Old Kingdom and the Early Dynastic Period is not one which would have been recognized by Ancient Egyptians.

The historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles, the primary source for the Apostolic Age, is a major issue for biblical scholars and historians of Early Christianity.

Early Chinese historians described Wa as a land of hundreds of scattered tribal communities rather than the unified land with a 700-year tradition as laid out in the 8th-century work Nihon Shoki, a partly mythical, partly historical account of Japan which dates the foundation of the country at 660 BC.

The south porch reuses a mixture of Early English and Perpendicular masonry and has puzzled historians.

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" Indeed, many historians believe King Arthur to be an entirely mythical character with no basis in historical fact, whilst some others disagree, maintaining that the legendary figure may be based upon an Early Medieval British leader who might have been involved in fighting the migrating Anglo-Saxons who were settling in Britain at that time.

These historians tend to think in terms of " Early Modern Europe " instead.

Early Japanese histories do not mention Himiko, but historians associate her with legendary figures such as Empress Consort Jingū, who was Regent ( ca.

" Early modern period " is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies that spans the centuries between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution – roughly 1500 to 1800.