The Shade Of Swords

Author : M.J Akbar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134452594
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shade of Swords written by M.J Akbar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shade of Swords is the first cohesive history of Jihad, written by one of India's leading journalists and writers. In this paperback edition, updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi against America, M.J. Akbar explains the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Placing recent events in a historical context, he tackles the tricky question of what now for Jihad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. With British and American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and once again in Iraq, the potential for Jihadi recruitment is ever increasing. Explaining how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice, and illustrating how Muslims themselves have historically tried both to direct and control the phenomenon of Jihad, Akbar shows how Jihad pervades the mind and soul of Islam, revealing its strength and significance. To know the future, one needs to understand the past. M.J. Akbar's The Shade of Swords holds the key.

Author : Umesh Patri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781926800073
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Under the Shades of Swords written by Umesh Patri and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a short encyclopedia of Islam to understand Quran and Hadiths through 786 textual questions. In this groundbreaking work Professor Patri tries to find out the epicenter of the eruption of Islamic terrorism. The author very scholarly documents the unknown side of Islam which both Muslims and non-Muslims should read to know the real face of Islam as a political creed and not a religious philosophy. The great thing about this book is that one can penetrate the whole of Islamic literature through a series of textual questions which can enlighten on the basic tenets of Islam.

Author : M.J Akbar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134452586
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shade of Swords written by M.J Akbar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shade of Swords is the first cohesive history of Jihad, written by one of India's leading journalists and writers. In this paperback edition, updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi against America, M.J. Akbar explains the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Placing recent events in a historical context, he tackles the tricky question of what now for Jihad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. With British and American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and once again in Iraq, the potential for Jihadi recruitment is ever increasing. Explaining how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice, and illustrating how Muslims themselves have historically tried both to direct and control the phenomenon of Jihad, Akbar shows how Jihad pervades the mind and soul of Islam, revealing its strength and significance. To know the future, one needs to understand the past. M.J. Akbar's The Shade of Swords holds the key.

Author : M. J. Akbar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shade of Swords written by M. J. Akbar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M.J.Akbar, an Indian journalist and author, traces the origins of Jihad in the struggle against oppression that was part of the earliest consciousness of Muslims. Travelling across centuries and continents, from the triumphant rise of Islam under the Prophet Muhammad to the depression of defeat in the first Crusade, through the renewal of Saladin to the rise and fall of the Ottoman and Mughal empires and the raw passions of Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, Akbar's gripping story explains how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice.

Author : M. Akbar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340581957
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shade of Swords written by M. Akbar and published by . This book was released on 1994-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. J. Akbar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007115945
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shade of Swords written by M. J. Akbar and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shade of Swords unwraps two hundred years of India's history, focusing on the inter-communal, sectarian strife that has so blighted the country and the lives of its peoples. The Hindu-Muslim divide, like sectarianism in Northern Ireland, is seen by many both inside and outside India as an interminable and accepted fact of life. It has led to massacres, political assassinations, to the destruction of mosques (most provocatively the Barbi mosque in 1992) and alarming nuclear stand-offs between India and Pakistan.

Author : Ibn Taymiyyah
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5872420277
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Books by Ibn Taymiyyah Maqdisi and Abdullah Azzam written by Ibn Taymiyyah and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pete Draper
Publisher : Pete Draper Author LTD
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emperor's Heir written by Pete Draper and published by Pete Draper Author LTD. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Rebellion ever wanted was revenge, she is old enough now to take it. Can she trust her new friends enough to reveal her identity? Will they trust her enough to reveal theirs? Sworn enemies Einar and Jania want nothing but to go home, in a world of betrayal; treachery and deceit, where is home? Trapped in a place where they can trust nobody, they must have faith in each other as they realise that strength and heroics are no match for politics and propaganda. Commander of the Royal Guard Eroz has made a bold move to protect Princess Auria, but was it worth the risk? Auria wonders if she can resist the madness which runs in the family; if not, she will have to fight herself and her brother for the throne. All their fates are tied to a thin scroll of paper and a question. Who is the Emperor’s heir?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trinity Archive written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1848847033
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swords and Swordsmen written by Mike Loades and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A ‘must have’ book for anyone who has an interest in edged weapons . . . Loades holds the reader’s full attention with each sword’s story that he tells.” —The Lone Star Book Review This magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn’t claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain surviving examples as landmarks on a fascinating journey through the history of swords. Each is selected because it can be linked to a specific individual, thus telling their story too and giving a human interest. So the journey starts with the sword of Tutankhamun and ends with the swords of J. E. B. Stuart and George Custer. Along the way we take in Henry V, Cromwell and Uesugi Kenshin, and there is the most detailed discussion you’ll find anywhere of all of George Washington’s swords. The chapters on these specific swords and swordsmen are alternated with more general chapters on the changing technical developments and fashions in swords and their use. The reader’s guide on this historical tour is Mike Loades. Mike has been handling swords most of his life, as a fight arranger, stuntman and historical weapons expert for TV and stage. As much as his profound knowledge of the subject, it is his lifelong passion for swords that comes through on every page. His fascinating text is supported by a lavish wealth of images, many previously unpublished and taken specifically for this book. “Superb . . . the most breathtaking coverage from the earliest days to modern times. Brilliant.” —Books Monthly