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Asabiyyah
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Social solidarity with an emphasis on group consciousness, cohesiveness, and unity. Familiar in the pre-Islamic era, the term became popularized in Ibn Khaldun's (d. 1406) Muqaddimah. Asabiyyah is neither necessarily nomadic nor based on blood relations. In the modern period, the term is analogous to solidarity.
See also Ibn Khaldun, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad
Subjects: Religion
