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Ibn Tumart
(1077–1130 (AH 470–524)).
A Muslim reformer in Morocco who was known as
al-Mahd
of the
Almohads
. He grew up under the Almoravids who followed the
M
likite
understanding of
fiqh
, in which reason is subordinate—a position contested by
al-Ghaz(z)
l
, whose works were burnt by the rulers. He was prepared to preach
jih
d
even against other Muslims, if their lax behaviour constituted, in effect, an attack on Islam. Gathering increasing personal authority to himself, he identified himself as al-Mahdi, calling his followers al-Muwa
id
n (the Unitarians), hence the name Almohads.
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