Contemporary issues in Islam / / Asma Afsaruddin.
Asma Afsaruddin explores how Islamic concepts have evolved and transformed over time, both in how they are defined and how they are applied. Afsaruddin follows certain concepts, like jihad (holy war) and shahada (martyrdom), and explains how they have been understood in different historical circumst...
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| Superior document: | New Edinburgh Islamic surveys |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
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| Summary: | Asma Afsaruddin explores how Islamic concepts have evolved and transformed over time, both in how they are defined and how they are applied. Afsaruddin follows certain concepts, like jihad (holy war) and shahada (martyrdom), and explains how they have been understood in different historical circumstances. By analysing biographical dictionaries from different times, such as Ibn Hajars in the 14th century, she plots the changes in how society viewed womens roles. And she investigates the historicity of claims made by Islamists today that their version of political Islam goes back to the first century of Islam by surveying early historical, political and hadith works. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 074863276X 9780748632770 0748632778 9780748632763 9780748632244 (ebook) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Asma Afsaruddin. |