Understanding jihad / / David Cook.

"First published in 2005, Understanding Jihad unraveled the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad within the context of Islamic life. In this revised and expanded second edition, author David Cook has included new material in light of pivotal events over of the past...

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Place / Publishing House:Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Second edition.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (325 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Qur'an and conquest
  • The "greater jihad" and the "lesser jihad"
  • The crystallization of jihad theory: crusade and counter-crusade
  • Jihad during the nineteenth century: renewal and resistance
  • Radical Islam and contemporary jihad theory
  • Globalist radical Islam and martyrdom operations
  • The rise of jihadi states.