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Les califes maudits

Les califes maudits

Hela Ouardi

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"Dans les deux premiers volumes du triptyque des Califes maudits, Héla Ouardi nous avait fait revivre l'élection mouvementée du premier calife, Abû Bakr, et sa guerre totale contre les tribus arabes révoltées, suite de combats qu'il avait habilement qualifiés de « guerres d'apostasie ». Ce troisième et dernier volume nous plonge dans une véritable enquête policière, où se mêlent tout autant le politique et le religieux : le deuxième calife, 'Umar, est assassiné en pleine mosquée, devant des dizaines de témoins - mais personne n'a rien vu ! L'assassin, un esclave perse, s'est, dit-on, donné la mort sitôt capturé - ou peut-être a-t-on voulu le faire taire ?"--Volume 3, back cover. In the first two volumes of the triptych of the cursed Caliphs, Héla Ouardi had made us relive the eventful election of the first caliph, Abû Bakr, and his total war against the rebellious Arab tribes, a series of fights which he had skilfully described as "wars of apostasy". This third and final volume plunges us into a veritable police investigation, where politics and religion mingle equally: the second caliph, 'Umar, is assassinated in the middle of the mosque, in front of dozens of witnesses - but no one saw anything ! The assassin, a Persian slave, is said to have killed himself as soon as he was captured - or perhaps they wanted to silence him?

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IslamControversial literatureHistoryDoctrinesCaliphsOrigin

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