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Donner la mort au gibier sur le territoire sacré de la Mecque
Une vieille controverse (VIIe-VIIIe siècles)
in Anthropology of the Middle East
Abstract
The Qur’ân (5, 95) prohibits hunting for pilgrims at Mecca. If they do not observe this prohibition, they are obliged to sacrifice an animal. Through the analysis of the casuistry of this prohibition during the early Islamic period, we try to understand its meaning. We put forward that the prohibition means that wild animals are under the protection of the god of the Ka’ba.
Contributor Notes
Mohammed Hocine Benkheira has been Professor at the Universities of Oran, Algiers and Rouen. Since 1999 he has occupied the chair of Islamic law at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne University, Paris. He has published several books, two of which are related to man and animal relationships: Islam et interdits alimentaires. Juguler l’animalité (2000) and with Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen and Jacqueline Sublet, L’Animal en islam (2005). E-mail: hocine.benkheira@gsrl.cnrs.fr
