In The Whirlwind Of Jihad

Author : Martha Brill Olcott
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0870033018
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Whirlwind of Jihad written by Martha Brill Olcott and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country, Islam has been an ever-present factor in the lives of its people and a contentious force for political officials trying to build a secular and authoritarian government. In the Whirlwind of Jihad examines the intertwined and evolving relationships between religion, the state, and society in Uzbekistan from the late 1980s to today, encompassing the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the launch of the U.S.-led "war on terror" in neighboring Afghanistan. Martha Brill Olcott, the foremost expert on Central Asia, concludes that in an era of global communication and increased contact with international Islamic communities, a new role for Islam in Uzbekistan will ultimately emerge with implications beyond the country's borders.

Author : Michael Griffin
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reaping the Whirlwind written by Michael Griffin and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2001 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigative journalist Michael Griffin paints the fullest picture yet of the Taliban movement -- its origins, beliefs, religious and political ethos, and its particular brand of fundamentalism.

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520244486
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Jihad written by David Cook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at a range of sources from sacred Islamic texts to modern interpretations, [This book] opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. [The author] also describes some of the conflicts that occur in radical groups and shows how the more mainstream supporters of these groups have come to understand and justify violence.-Back cover.

Author : Reuven Firestone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019535219X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jihad written by Reuven Firestone and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-12-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

Author : Robert Spencer
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780895261007
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onward Muslim Soldiers written by Robert Spencer and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Jihad Today -- PART ONE: JIHAD NOW Chapter One: Are We Already Fighting A Jihad? How radical Muslims use jihad as a modern-day rallying cry -- Chapter Two: Europe: Jihad in the Making? -- Chapter Three: The Jihad Way of War -- PART TWO: JIHAD THEN: EXPLODING THE MYTHS OF "TOLERANT ISLAM" Chapter Four: Jihad in the Qur'an: Is war the will of Allah? -- Chapter Five: Muhammad in the Field: The wars of the Prophet -- Chapter Six: In the Prophet's Footsteps: Jihad and dhimmitude in early and modern Islam -- Chapter Seven: The Modern Myth of Islamic Tolerance: The fact of modern Islamic intolerance -- Chapter Eight: Jihad in Eclipse and Resurgent -- Chapter Nine: Terrorism: Jihad abused? -- Chapter Ten: Everybody Must Get Stoned: The strange alliance between radical Islam and the post-1960s Left -- Chapter Eleven: How to Fight the War We're In.

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 : Asma Afsaruddin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190647310
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book JIHAD written by Asma Afsaruddin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "jihad" is everywhere in the global media. It generally appears in the context of violence waged against the West by militants in or from Muslim-majority societies. This usage overwhelmingly colors popular discourse about Islam and Muslims and it has resulted in highly simplistic,distorted, and ahistorical understandings of the concept of jihad. For most Muslims, jihad refers to the continuous human struggle to promote and implement what is morally good and noble in all walks of life, as well as to resist and prevent what is morally wrong and unjust. This book addresses thegreat need for a discussion of jihad that explores its various dimensions without fear-mongering or sensationalism. Here it is examined from multiple perspectives: scriptural, theological, moral and ethical, legal and socio-political. Asma Afsaruddin looks at the key questions about jihad andprovides concise yet thorough answers. Jihad: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG provides a historically-grounded, scholarly yet accessible treatment of the meanings of jihad from the formative period of Islam until the contemporary period.

Author : Michael Youssef
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1496431502
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Third Jihad written by Michael Youssef and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2019 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Youssef, a Coptic Christian who was born in Egypt and now leads a megachurch in America, knows from firsthand experience that radical Islamists have goals that many American Christians believe are "unthinkable." In this book, he warns Western Christians that it doesn't help to ignore what's going on.

Author : Andrew G. Bostom, M.D.
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 161592017X
Total Pages : 773 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of Jihad written by Andrew G. Bostom, M.D. and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals how, for well over a millennium and across three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic) in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to legal and financial oppression, as well as social isolation. Extensive primary and secondary source materials, many translated here for the first time into English, are presented, making clear that jihad conquests were brutal, imperialist advances, which spurred waves of Muslims to expropriate a vast expanse of lands and subdue millions of indigenous peoples. Finally, the book examines how jihad war, as a permanent and uniquely Islamic institution, ultimately regulates the relations of Muslims with non-Muslims to this day. Scholars, educators, and interested lay readers will find this collection an invaluable resource.

Author : Robert Spencer
Publisher : Bombardier Books
ISBN 13 : 1682616606
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Jihad written by Robert Spencer and published by Bombardier Books. This book was released on with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political ferment of the twentieth century. But in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, Islamic scholar Robert Spencer proves definitively that Islamic terror is as old as Islam itself, as old as Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, who said “I have been made victorious through terror.” Spencer briskly traces the 1,400-year war of Islamic jihadis against the rest of the world, detailing the jihad against Europe, including the 700-year struggle to conquer Constantinople; the jihad in Spain, where non-Muslims fought for another 700 years to get the jihadi invaders out of the country; and the jihad against India, where Muslim warriors and conquerors wrought unparalleled and unfathomable devastation in the name of their religion. Told in great part in the words of contemporary chroniclers themselves, both Muslim and non-Muslim, The History of Jihad shows that jihad warfare has been a constant of Islam from its very beginnings, and present-day jihad terrorism proceeds along exactly the same ideological and theological foundations as did the great Islamic warrior states and jihad commanders of the past. The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS is the first one-volume history of jihad in the English language, and the first book to tell the whole truth about Islam’s bloody history in an age when Islamic jihadis are more assertive in Western countries than they have been for centuries. This book is indispensable to understanding the geopolitical situation of the twenty-first century, and ultimately to formulating strategies to reform Islam and defeat radical terror.