IBN TMART, Muhammad

(died 1130)

   Islamic REFORMER who opposed literalistic interpretations of the QUR'N and all FORMS of ANTHROPOMORPHISM. He declared himself MAHDI in the Maghreb and with ABD al-MU'MIN led a JIHD against infidels and other MUSLIMS he considered heretical. The dynasty they established lasted for over a hundred years in Spain and the Maghreb.