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Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Barbahari

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329:, considered a heretic by most Atharis at the time, in secret due to fears of mob violence were a funeral to be held at the public graveyard. Al-Barbahari had ordered groups to check any homes suspected of containing wine or musical instruments. The crowds confiscated from shops and physically enforced female entertainers to leave their practices. 306:
From 921 CE until his death in 941 CE, al-Barbahari fought for literalist Sunni thought and practice, leading masses of Sunnis in actions to stop the sale of wine and visits to the "tombs of certain religious figures". They destroyed musical instruments and fought against Shiism and
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in Baghdad. His followers were concentrated in the Hanbalite quarter of the city. He was very influential among the urban lower classes, and exploited popular grievances to foment what often turned into mob violence against religious minorities and supposed sinners.
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His role in suppressing Shia missionaries and Mu'tazilism in the Abbasid Caliphate during the 10th–11th (4th–5th AH) centuries. His books include creedal and methodological refutations against the Shias, Qadaris and
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enforced Sunni "orthodoxy" (according to the Athari creed) as the state creed, exiling and imprisoning al-Barbahari's enemies and even burying renowned Muslim historian
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during his lifetime. His books include creedal and methodological refutations against certain sects including the Shias,
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The efforts of al-Barbahari and the Baghdad Atharis were brought to an end in 935 CE by the new Caliph
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in religion, provided it was put to good use and did not contradict doctrine such as
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Under the influence of al-Barbahari and the popular pressure of his followers, the
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Al-Barbahari was the leader of a number of protests against other sects during the
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Iraqi Muslim theologian and religious leader (252H–329H)
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
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Index

Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Barbahari
Baghdad
Iraq
Islam
Islamic Golden Age
Middle Abbasid era
Caliphate
Sunni
Hanbali
Athari
Aqidah
Fiqh
Islamic Theology
Islamic Jurisprudence
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Battah
Muslim
populist
Iraq
jurist
S̲h̲īʿa
Mu'tazilism
Abbasid Caliphate
Qadaris
Mu'tazilites
Baghdad
Iraq
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Battah
Abu Bakr al-Khallal

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