Qadiyat

Qadiyat or Qaziyat (alternative spellings: Kadiyat or Kaziyat) (Russian: Кадиат) in Islam is a territorial division associated with a qadi; in some cases subordinate to the mufti and muftiate. In analogy to Christianity, a qadiyat would be considered a diocese.[1]

As Sunni Islam does not prescribe any formal hierarchy or priesthood, qadiyats are primarily found in European- and Central Asian Islamic organizations, particularly in south-eastern Europe and countries deriving from the former Soviet Union. [2]

In Russia and in other parts of the former Soviet Union, a muhtasibat is directly subordinate to a qadiyat. [3]

The Ottoman empire had a similar territorial division called a kadiluk, which was more concerned with justice and taxation than religion.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official" Islam in the Soviet Union ALEXANDRE BENNIGSEN and CHANTAL LEMERCIER-QUELQUEJAY http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rcl/07-3_148.pdf
  2. ↑ Shireen T. Hunter (2004). "Islam in Russia: the politics of identity and security". ISBN 9780765612823.
  3. ↑ ISLAMIC REVIVALISM AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES IN UZBEKISTAN http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/2007_819-01g_Collins.pdf


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