Motif
Burning of condemned writings
burning_of_condemned_writings
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Revelation and Scripture. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X / CHAPTER XI; lines 3108-3198 confidence: high
In Abu'l Feda’s story, Spanish theologians accuse Ghazzali’s 'Revival of the religious sciences' of heresy and persuade Caliph Ali Ibn Yusuf to have Ghazzali’s works in Andalusia collected and burned.
Ghazzali’s works are accused of heresy, collected, and burned by order of the Caliph.
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