Jewish identity in Islamic world: from the beginning of Islam to the fall of the Ottoman Empire

Tema ovoga rada je židovski identitet u muslimanskom svijetu, od začetka islama sve do raspada Osmanskog Carstva. Period proučavanja u ovome radu jest od 7. stoljeća do 20. stoljeća. Naglasak rada je na židovskom identitetu, ali i na drugim važnim pitanjima poput odnosa s muslimanskim susjedima i općenitoj životnoj situaciji u odnosu na onu u kršćanskome svijetu. Rad je podijeljen na dvije velike cjeline unutar kojih se nalazi niz manjih potpoglavlja koja su posvećena proučavanju različitih aspekata života. U radu se osim odnosa i identiteta spominju i svakodnevni život, asimilacija, jezik, kultura, zanimanja i slično. Kroz rad su prikazana različita razdoblja te situacije s kojima su se Židovi susretali u islamskom svijetu, pomoću literature raznih autora koji ponekad dijele ista mišljenja, ali se ponekad i razilaze. Različita stajališta autora pomogla su stvoriti što cjelovitiju sliku života Židova u ovome radu.The subject of this thesis is Jewish identity in Islamic world, from the beginning of Islam to the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Period of analysis of this thesis is from the 7th century to the 20th century. In this thesis, emphasis is on Jewish identity but also on other important questions such as relationship of Jews and their Muslim neighbors and general living situation in comparison to the one in the Christian world. The thesis is divided into two main chapters within which are number of smaller chapters, which are dedicated to different aspects of life. In this thesis, besides relationship and identity, are mentioned: everyday life, assimilation, language, culture, professions and so on. There are different periods and situations shown in the thesis, which the Jews encountered in Islamic world, with the help of the literature of various authors whose stands on the topics are often similar but sometimes different. Different stands on the topic helped to create integral picture of Jewish life in this thesis