What is the'Mihna' that Al-Mutawakkil ended?
A tax system
A period of persecution of Islamic scholars
A military strategy
A philosophical doctrine
Answer
The Mihna is the name of a period of persecution of Islamic scholars in the Abbasid Caliphate in the early 9th century. It began in 833, when Caliph al-Ma'mun ordered that all Muslims must accept the Mu'tazila school of theology, which held that the Qur'an was created by God, rather than being eternal. This was a controversial doctrine, and many scholars refused to accept it.
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