- Binsālim Ḥimmīsh (1948-, Morocco) – Hādhā al-Andalusī (2008, English trans. A Muslim Suicide, 2014). Sufi radical thinker Ibn Sabʿīn (ʿAbd al-Khāliq) is forced into exile from his birthplace in Andalusia, a region in which Muslims are facing persecution. He travels first to Ceuta (nowadays a Spanish autonomous city in the north coast of Africa), and continues to Mecca, where he is eventually murdered (or is it suicide?) in the 13th century Islamic world. The novel covers a critical time-period in Islamic history and describes Ibn Sabʿīn theological and philosophical quarrels with other scholars and religious figures of his time (reference) (also in H: Historical novels: Al-Andalus (Andalusia) (711 – 1492 CE)).
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- Saʿīd al-Falāq. 2020. “Ibn Sabʿīn: al-Ṣūfiyyah fī Muwājihat Sulṭat al-Fuqahāʾ: ‘Hadha al-Andalusī’ Namūthijan.” www.mominoun.com, 18 March 2020, https://www.mominoun.com/articles/ابن-سبعين-الصوفية-في-مواجهة-سلطة-الفقهاء-هذا-الأندلسي-نموذجا-7057 (last accessed 25 April 2023)