Jihad beyond Islam / / Gabriele Marranci.
'Jihad' is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as 'Holy War', it has become synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to take account of the subtlety and complexity of jihad. Like many concepts with a long history, different cultural ideas ha...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford ;, New York : : Berg,, 2006. |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Jihad : from the Qur'an to the Islamic state
- I am what I feel to be
- Discussing jihad with Muslim migrant men
- Sofas, families, tellies and jihad
- Baraka, coca-cola and Salah al-Din
- Modern Nasibahs?
- Anti-Semitism, Westernophobia and jihad
- Conclusion : the sword of Damocles.