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B.H.
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Joined: 11 June 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 116 |
![]() Topic: Constitution of MedinaPosted: 22 August 2006 at 11:57pm |
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I have read in a book that the Prophet Muhammad wrote a constitution for the city of Medina. Does this constitution still exist in historical records and if so where can I find it? |
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Angela
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Joined: 11 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2555 |
![]() Posted: 23 August 2006 at 8:43am |
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The Constitution of Medina, also known as the Charter of Medina, was drafted in 622. It concerns the rights and responsibilities of the Muslim, Jewish, and other Arab and tribal communities of Medina during the war between that city and its neighbours. Legal Scholar L. Ali Khan explains that the Constitution of Medina was a social contract derived from a treaty and not from any fictional state of nature or from behind the Rawlsian veil of ignorance. The contract was built upon the concept of one community of diverse tribes living under the sovereignty of One God. The Medina Constitution also instituted peaceful methods of dispute resolution among diverse groups living as one people but without assimilating into one religion, language, or culture. [1] [edit]
Important pointsThe most important points with respect to the geographically close Arab tribes, Muslim and Jewish, in the immediate area of Medina:
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