Twenty-first century Jihad : law, society and military action /: law, society and military action. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elisabeth Kendall and Ewan Stein.
• Editors: Kendall, Elisabeth; Stein, Ewan
• Contents: Front Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Introduction Contextualising Twenty-First Century Jihad; Prologue A Short History of Jihad; Part I: Historical Antecedents of Contemporary Jihad; 1. Divine Authority and Territorial Entitlement in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an; 2. Early Competing Views on Jihad and Martyrdom; 3. Definitions and Narratives of Martyrdom in Sunni Hadith Literature; 4. The Non-Military Aspects of Kitab al-Jihad; 5. Responses to the Almoravid Intervention in al-Andalus; 6. The 'Greater' Jihad in Classical Islam Part II: Jihad in Modern Politics and Society7. Sectarian Violence as Jihad; 8. The New Qa'ida Wahhabists and the Revival of Jihad in Saudi Arabia; 9. The Muslim Brotherhood and Jihad; 10. Jihad Discourse in Egypt under Muhammad Mursi; 11. Jihad as a Form of Struggle in the Resistance to Apartheid in South Africa; 12. Women, Islam and War in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories; 13. Al-Qa'ida, Jihad and the 'Surge'; Part III: Representations of Jihad in Modern Culture; 14. Yemen's Al-Qa'ida and Poetry as a Weapon of Jihad; 15. Poetics of Martyrdom in Early Modern Palestine 16. Hollywood and Jihad17. 'Jihadists of the Pen' in Victorian England; 18. The Appeal of Yusuf al-Qaradawi's Interpretation of Jihad; 19. What is New about Yusuf al-Qaradawi's Jihad?; Index
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages)
• Subjects: 297.7/2; Jihad -- History -- 21st century; Jihad -- Social aspects; War -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam and politics; RELIGION / Islam / General; Islam and politics; Jihad; War -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857737175; 0857737171
• Related ISBNs: 9781780769165; 1780769164
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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