| Description |
xviii, 197 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-190) and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter One. Introduction -- What is Jihad? -- Just War and Holy War -- Warfare and Jihad -- Fields of debate -- Historiography and origins -- Chapter Two. The Quran and Arabia -- Combat in the Quran -- Gift and reciprocity -- Fighting and recompense -- "The beggar and the warrior" -- Chapter Three. Muhammad and His Community -- Sira and Maghazi: sacred history -- Hadith: the norm -- Themes of Jihad in the Hadith -- Fighting with one's money -- Chapter Four. The Great Conquests -- The course of conquest -- Explanations -- Approaches to the Islamic sources -- Approaches to the Non-Islamic sources -- Chapter Five. Martyrdom -- Martyrdom before Islam -- Martyrdom in Quran and tradition -- Contexts of martyrdom in Islam -- Martyrs and Neomartyrs -- Chapter Six. Encounter with the Other -- Conquest society and fiscal regime -- Treatment of Non-Muslims -- Adome of Islam, Abode of War -- Convivencia -- Chapter Seven. Embattled Scholars -- Syria and the Byzantine Frontier -- Arabia -- Iraq -- North Africa -- Spain -- Central Asia -- The embattled scholars: conclusions -- Chapter Eight. Empires, Armies, and Frontiers -- The Umayyad caliphate: Imperial Jihad -- Revolution and Jihad -- 'Abbasid caliphate and its military crisis -- Frontier societies: against Byzantium -- Frontier societies: Spain and North Africa -- Ribat -- The Crusades -- Ottoman origins -- Corsairs in the Mediterranean -- The Western Sudan -- Empires, Armies, and Frontiers: conclusions -- Chapter Nine. Colonial Empire, Modern State, New Jihad -- Resistance and Reform -- Fundamentalism and Islamism -- Chapter Ten. Conclusions. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Jihad -- History.
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War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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| ISBN |
9780691138381 paperback |
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0691138389 paperback |
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