Jihad in Islamic History : Doctrines and Practice
Michael. Bonner
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (218 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""Symbols and Accent Marks""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER ONE. Introduction""; ""What Is Jihad?""; ""Just War and Holy War""; ""Warfare and Jihad""; ""Fields of Debate""; ""Historiography and Origins""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER TWO. The Quran and Arabia""; ""Combat in the Quran""; ""Gift and Reciprocity""; ""Fighting and Recompense""; """The Beggar and the Warrior"""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER THREE. Muhammad and His Community""; ""Sira and Maghazi: Sacred History""; ""Hadith: The Norm""; ""Themes of Jihad in the Hadith""; ""Fighting with One's Money""; ""Readings"". - ""CHAPTER FOUR. The Great Conquests""""The Course of Conquest""; ""Explanations""; ""Approaches to the Islamic Sources""; ""Approaches to the Non-Islamic Sources""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER FIVE. Martyrdom""; ""Martyrdom before Islam""; ""Martyrdom in Quran and Tradition""; ""Contexts of Martyrdom in Islam""; ""Martyrs and Neomartyrs""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER SIX. Encounter with the Other""; ""Conquest Society and Fiscal Regime""; ""Treatment of Non-Muslims""; ""Abode of Islam, Abode of War""; ""Convivencia""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN. Embattled Scholars"". - ""Empires, Armies, and Frontiers: Conclusions""""Readings""; ""CHAPTER NINE. Colonial Empire, Modern State, New Jihad""; ""Resistance and Reform""; ""Fundamentalism and Islamism""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER TEN. Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"". - ""Syria and the Byzantine Frontier""""Arabia""; ""Iraq: The Synthesis of al-Shafi'i""; ""North Africa""; ""Spain""; ""Central Asia""; ""The Embattled Scholars: Conclusions""; ""Readings""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT. Empires, Armies, and Frontiers""; ""The Umayyad Caliphate: Imperial Jihad""; ""Revolution and Jihad""; ""The 'Abbasid Caliphate and Its Military Crisis""; ""Frontier Societies: Against Byzantium""; ""Frontier Societies: Spain and North Africa""; ""Ribat""; ""The Crusades""; ""Ottoman Origins""; ""Corsairs in the Mediterranean""; ""The Western Sudan"". - What is jihad? Does it mean violence, as many non-Muslims assume? Or does it mean peace, as some Muslims insist? Because jihad is closely associated with the early spread of Islam, today's debate about the origin and meaning of jihad is nothing less than a struggle over Islam itself. In Jihad in Islamic History, Michael Bonner provides the first study in English that focuses on the early history of jihad, shedding much-needed light on the most recent controversies over jihad. To some, jihad is the essence of radical Islamist ideology, a synonym for terrorism, and even proof of Islam's inna
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| ISBN | 0691125740. - 9780691125749. - 9780691138381
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