ABSTRACT

Chapter 2 provides a synopsis of da‘wa and other religions in the post-qur’anic era, from the establishment of the caliphate (c.632ce) up to the early modern period. Chapter 2 demonstrates that pre-modern Islamic history furnishes many important antecedents for da‘wa today. Special attention is given to the role of da‘wa and inter-religious relations in the Arab/Islamic conquests, in the ‘Abbasid and Fatimid empires, in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and theology (kalām), and in the activities of scholars (ʿulamāʾ), saints (Sufis) and others throughout pre-modern history.