In Islamic Law and the Crisis of the Reconquista, Alan Verskin examines the efforts of Islamic jurists to articulate a new law which would address the predicament of Muslims living under Christian rule in Iberia.
Alan Verskin received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton University, Macalester College and Columbia University. He is presently an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Rhode Island. Most recently, he has published Oppressed in the Land? Fatwas on Muslims Living under Non-Muslim Rule from the Middle Ages to the Present (Markus Wiener Publishers, 2013).
