Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era / / Mustafa Baig, Robert Gleave.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Baig, Mustafa,; Gleave, Robert,
• MitwirkendeR: Alshaer, Atef,; Anchassi, Omar,; Baig, Mustafa,; Elibiary, Sarah,; Gallois, William,; Ghyoot, Mathias,; Gleave, Robert,; Hartung, Jan-Peter,; Hámori, András,; Khosrokhavar, Farhad,; Lav, Daniel,; Lawrence, Bruce,; Milton-Edwards, Beverley,; Rizvi, Sajjad,; Wagemakers, Joas,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought : LIVIT
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

Explores Muslim attitudes towards violence from the 19th century to the present dayExamines perceptions and expressions of violence in a wide range of contexts in the modern period: Algeria, Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Nigeria, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen Shows the nuances behind headline-making events and organisations such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Islamic State, Salafi jihadism, the Mahdi Army, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Arab RevolutionsEngages with key figures including Fażl-i Ḥaqq Khayrābādī, Ahmad Riza Khan, Muqtadá al-Ṣadr, Muḥammad al-Maqdisi, Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī and Turkī al-BinʿAlīEnables a more informed understanding of the nature of violence in the modern period, in the Muslim world and beyondMuslim attitudes toward violence have been reshaped in light of the colonial context since the 18th and 19th centuries, and in response to regional and world-changing events of the contemporary period. This volume shows the diversity of approaches to violence in Islamic thought, avoiding the limiting characterisations of Islam being inherently ‘violent’ or ‘peaceful’.It shows how ideas of ‘justified violence’ – grounded in Islamic theological and juristic traditions – reoccur throughout history, up to the contemporary period. Chapters on earlier events provide context for contemporary debates on violence, showing how traditional legal and theological ideas (such as the sovereignty of God’s law and peace treaties) are used to both legitimise and de-legitimise violence.Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era is the final volume in the Violence in Islamic Thought trilogy. Taken together, the three books cover key aspects of violence in Islamic thought from the earliest time to the present day, mapping a trajectory of thinking about violence over 14 centuries of Islamic history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Dates, Abbreviations and Online References -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. VIOLENCE IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMATIC CATEGORIES -- Part I. Violence and Islam: Methodological Concerns -- 2. IL/LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT: A MINORITY REPORT ON MUSLIM VIOLENCE -- 3. THE LURE OF JIHĀD: POST-TRADITIONAL HISTORIES OF VIOLENCE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD -- Part II. Resistance and Colonialism: South Asian Contexts -- 4. FROM CLIENT TO REBEL? THE PHILOSOPHER FAŻL-I ḤAQQ KHAYRĀBĀDĪ, HIS RISĀLA GHADARĪYA AND THE EVENTS OF 1857 -- 5. ALTERNATIVE RESISTANCE TO THE BRITISH RAJ: AḤMAD RIḌĀ KHĀN’S LEGAL AND SOCIOPOLITICAL FATWAS -- 6. A ṬĀLIBĀN LEGAL DISCOURSE ON VIOLENCE -- Part III. Justifying Violence -- 7. BUʿITHTU BIʾL-SAYF: JIHĀD, MONOLATRY AND THEONOMY IN MODERN SALAFISM -- 8. AL-QĀ ʿIDA’S POST-ARAB SPRING JIHAD: CONFIRMATION OR RE-EVALUATION? -- 9. THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS AND JIHADISM -- 10. THE LOGIC OF THE CONQUEST SOCIETY: ISIS, APOCALYPTIC VIOLENCE AND THE ‘REINSTATEMENT’ OF SLAVE CONCUBINAGE -- 11. ‘NAY, WE OBEYED GOD WHEN WE BURNED HIM’: DEBATING IMMOLATION (TAḤRĪQ) BETWEEN THE ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-QĀ ʿIDA -- Part IV. Communicating Violence -- 12. VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL MOBILISATION IN THE DISCOURSE OF MUQTADĀ AL-ṢADR -- 13. MANAGING VIOLENT CONFLICT: HUDNA AND TAHDIʾA, BEYOND A STRATEGIC PAUSE -- 14. NOTES ON SOME JIHADIST POEMS -- 15. THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE DISCOURSE OF HAMAS AND HIZBULLAH -- 16. CONCLUDING REMARKS: VIOLENCE IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT -- Bibliography -- Index