Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era /

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

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 nuance...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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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

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