Sulh

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Sulh ( Arabic صلح, DMG ṣulḥ  ‚peace, peace agreement; Reconciliation ') is one of the Islamic legal terms for peace in the sense of the end of the war and an armistice .

Sulh used to have a different meaning than the religious salām . Originally ṣulḥa was the settlement of a tribal feud among the Bedouins and an important concept accordingly. In Ottoman usage, sulh referred to the conclusion of peace between nations. Even today peace treaties are called that, e.g. B. Sulh Versailles .

While Sulh originally meant the opposite of war ( harb ), the term was later narrowed down to the transition from war to peace or the restoration of peace. Enduring peace today is signified by salam .

literature

  • Bernard Lewis : The Political Language of Islam. Berlin: Rotbuch, 1991. P. 133 ff.
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Lehmann: The legal institution of the comparison aṣ-ṣulḥ in Islamic law according to al-Kāsānī . Bonn 1970 (dissertation, University of Bonn, 1969).