أحكام بناء كنائس أهل الذمة

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This study discusses the Islamic rules for building, rebuilding and restoring churches of the people of the Dhimma (non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic countries).

Shedding the light on the opinions of Muslim jurisprudents about this issue from different aspects.

We found that the jurisprudential rulings on building churches were varied significantly according to the whereabouts of churches will be built.

This research also discusses the opinions of contemporary Muslim jurisprudents about building the Christian churches in current Islamic countries.

In short, ruling on building churches among Muslim jurisprudents was not decisive in both cases of permitting or prohibition.

During the study, Muslim countries and areas were identified and classified for different categories according to the previous Muslim jurisprudents.

Then, the verdicts of building churches in each category was discussed based on Muslim jurisprudents’ consensus and dissensus, and their superior verdict on each case has been clearly demonstrated.

Also, ruling on building churches in the present era was clarified.