Darü'l-Hikmeti'l İslamiye - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Hanioğlu, M. Şükrü
Leiden
Brill
(789 words)
The Darü'l-Hikmeti'l İslamiye (Dār al-Ḥikmat al-Islāmiyya) was a high council that operated within the office of the şeyhülislam (shaykh al-Islām) , the Meşihat (Mashīkhat). It was established by an imperial decree issued on 5 March 1918. The legal memorandum explaining the main motives that prompted the establishment of the council and the issuing of the law enumerates the council's duties as follows: to promulgate and circulate the high virtues of Islam; to protect religious institutions in the best possible way; and to work towards