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This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism.Crone, Patricia is the author of 'God's Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)', published 1986 under ISBN 9780521321853 and ISBN 0521321859.
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