Between Pacifism And Jihad

Author : J. Daryl Charles
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830874538
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Pacifism and Jihad written by J. Daryl Charles and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacifism. Jihad. Militarism. Are these our only alternatives for dealing with global injustice today? J. Daryl Charles leads us to reconsider a Christian view of the use of force to maintain or reestablish justice. He shows how love for a neighbor can warrant the just use of force. Reviewing and updating the widely recognized but not necessarily well-understood just-war teaching of the church through the ages, Charles shows how it captures many of the concerns of the pacifist position while deliberately avoiding, on the other side, the excesses of jihad and militarism. Aware of our contemporary global situation, Charles addresses the unique challenges of dealing with international terrorism.

Author : Lamin O. Sanneh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199351619
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Jihad written by Lamin O. Sanneh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and forced them to convert. Lamin Sanneh argues that this is far from the whole story. Beyond Jihad examines the origin and evolution of the African pacifist tradition in Islam, beginning with an inquiry into the faith's origins and expansion in North Africa and its transmission across trans-Saharan trade routes to West Africa. The book focuses on the ways in which, without jihad, the religion spread and took hold, and what that tells us about the nature of religious and social change. At the heart of this process were clerics who used religious and legal scholarship to promote Islam. Once this clerical class emerged, it offered continuity and stability in the midst of political changes and cultural shifts, helping to inhibit the spread of radicalism, and subduing the urge to wage jihad. With its policy of religious and inter-ethnic accommodation, this pacifist tradition took Islam beyond traditional trade routes and kingdoms into remote districts of the Mali Empire, instilling a patient, Sufi-inspired, and jihad-negating impulse into religious life and practice. Islam was successful in Africa, Sanneh argues, not because of military might but because it was made African by Africans who adapted it to a variety of contexts.

Author : Lamin O. Sanneh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199351640
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Jihad written by Lamin O. Sanneh and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beyond Jihad' describes how trans-Saharan trade and traffic facilitated the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa where merchants, rulers, and clerics ensured its successful establishment

Author : Vaḥīduddīn K̲h̲ān̲
Publisher : goodword
ISBN 13 : 8178980681
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The True Jihad written by Vaḥīduddīn K̲h̲ān̲ and published by goodword. This book was released on 2002 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the teachings of Islam are based on the principle of peace.... It is no exaggeration to say that Islam and violence are contradictory to each other. The concept of Islamic violence is so obviously unfounded that prima facie it stands rejected. The fact that violence is not sustainable in the present world is sufficient indication that violence as a principle is quite alien to the scheme of things in Islam. Islam claims to be an eternal religion and, as such, could never afford to uphold any principle which could not stand up to the test of time. Any attempt to bracket violence with Islam amounts therefore, to casting doubt upon the very eternity of the Islamic religion. Islamic terrorism is a contradiction in terms, much like pacifist terrorism. And the truth of the matter is that, all the teachings of Islam are based directly or indirectly on the principle of peace.

Author : Marcel A. Boisard
Publisher : American Trust Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892590734
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jihad - A Commitment To Universal Peace written by Marcel A. Boisard and published by American Trust Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jihad: A Commitment to Universal Peace by Marcel Boisard “In Jihad, Boisard explains, in very precise terms, what jihad really is. He discusses the fallacies and the falsities that surround the Western understanding and depiction of jihad. The West continues to refuse to accept that principles based on religion can be brought into the ‘philosophy of our industrial age.’ They ignore the fact that Islam is not hostility, but dynamism, and that ‘adl, Ihsan, Musawat—justice, compassion, equality—are the three pillars of healthy human relations for the true believer.” -Aminah Janan Assilmi In today’s complex, and often confusing, social reality, Islam has been at the forefront of political, social, and economic debate. Dr. Boisard cuts through the maligned portrayal of jihad that runs rampant in modern times, to dispel the myths of this widely-misunderstood concept of social and personal struggle for righteousness. This book provides a clear, concise, and accurate explanation of jihad, that derives from the fundamentals of the religion itself.

Author : John D. Carlson
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271661
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Jeremiad to Jihad written by John D. Carlson and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence has been a central feature of America’s history, culture, and place in the world. It has taken many forms: from state-sponsored uses of force such as war or law enforcement, to revolution, secession, terrorism and other actions with important political and cultural implications. Religion also holds a crucial place in the American experience of violence, particularly for those who have found order and meaning in their worlds through religious texts, symbols, rituals, and ideas. Yet too often the religious dimensions of violence, especially in the American context, are ignored or overstated—in either case, poorly understood. From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America corrects these misunderstandings. Charting and interpreting the tendrils of religion and violence, this book reveals how formative moments of their intersection in American history have influenced the ideas, institutions, and identities associated with the United States. Religion and violence provide crucial yet underutilized lenses for seeing America anew—including its outlook on, and relation to, the world.

Author : Ergun Mehmet Caner
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780825424038
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Jihad written by Ergun Mehmet Caner and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two former Muslims examine the impact of Christian atrocities on modern personal and cultural interaction, question popular views of just war, and challenge us to face our past and redeem our future.

Author : Ghazi bin Muhammad (Prince of Jordan.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903682838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace in Islam written by Ghazi bin Muhammad (Prince of Jordan.) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a number of Islamic religious authorities and Muslim scholars, this work presents the views and teachings of mainstream Sunni and Shi’i Islam on the subject of jihad. It authoritatively presents jihad as it is understood by the majority of the world’s 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, and supports this understanding with extensive detail and scholarship. No word in English evokes more fear and misunderstanding than "jihad." To date the books that have appeared on the subject in English by Western scholars have been either openly partisan and polemical or subtly traumatized by so many acts and images of terrorism in the name of jihad and by the historical memory of nearly 1,400 years of confrontation between Islam and Christianity. Though jihad is the central concern of War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, the range of the essays is not confined exclusively to the study of jihad. The work is divided into three parts: War and Its Practice, Peace and Its Practice, and Beyond Peace: The Practice of Forbearance, Mercy, Compassion and Love. The book aims to reveal the real meaning of jihad and to rectify many of the misunderstandings that surround both it and Islam’s relation with the “Other.”

Author : Louay Safi
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN 13 : 156564283X
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace and the Limits of War written by Louay Safi and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2001 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. Louay Safi provides a systematic analysis of the Qur’anic reference and the prophetic traditions on peace and war. He critically examines the views of classical and modern Islamic scholars in light of the original intent of the Shar’ah. While his views on this subject were articulated as early as 1988, his analysis continues to provide a balanced understanding of the most misunderstood concepts of Islam.

Author : John Kelsay
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just War and Jihad written by John Kelsay and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-05-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructs readers about the religious contexts that nurtured ideas regarding statecraft, international law, and the aims and limits of peace and warfare--Introduction.