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Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen

In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. Jews regularly came into contact with Islamic courts and Muslim jurists, by choice and by necessity, became embroiled in the most intimate details of their Jewish neighbors’ lives. Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari‘a for their own benefit and for the good of their community. The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim societies.

Law.. The. ways in which Muslims and Jews in Yemen distinguished themselves
from one another could be interpreted in two contradictory yet perfectly plausible
ways. They represented either fairly arbitrary traditions accrued over a long
period of time or norms derived from a general principle or principles. For ex-
ample, the fact that Jewish men in urban areas wore sidelocks, dark-colored
robes that exposed their calves, and black caps likely predated attempts to
legislate their ...