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== Mutazilah ==

== Mutazilah ==

The Mihna ordeal was one of the earliest expressions of both heretical behavior and the formation of state funded religious inquisitions. The [[Caliph]] [[Al-Ma'Mun]] attempted to consolidate the authority of the Caliph by asserting one state religion, he chose the Mutazilah theology, which was then current at the [[Bayt Al Hikma]] in [[Baghdad]]. Muslims at the time were fully aware of this naked attempt for the state to assert authority over the theologian jurists. The Minha ordeal refers to the period of Al-Ma-'Mun's reign when he actively persecuted those jurists who did not give lipservice to the state religion. The period of persecution was slight, beginning in 833 and concluding by 845, however the attitude of Al-Ma-Mun was continued by [[Al-Mu'tasim]] (his name being derived from Mutazilah) and [[Al Wathiq.]]

The Mihna ordeal was one of the earliest expressions of both heretical behavior and the formation of state funded religious inquisitions. The [[Caliph]] [[Al-Ma'Mun]] attempted to consolidate the authority of the Caliph by asserting one state religion, he chose the Mutazilah theology, which was then current at the [[Bayt Al Hikma]] in [[Baghdad]]. Muslims at the time were fully aware of this naked attempt for the state to assert authority over the theologian jurists. The Minha ordeal refers to the period of Al-Ma-'Mun's reign when he actively persecuted those jurists who did not give lipservice to the state religion. The period of persecution was slight, beginning in 833 and concluding by 845, however the attitude of Al-Ma-Mun was continued by [[Al-Mu'tasim]] (his name being derived from Mutazilah) and [[Al Wathiq.]]