JIHAD – What everyone needs to know 1st Edition

JIHAD – What everyone needs to know 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190647315,0190647310,9780190647346, 0190647345

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0190647345
• ISBN-13: 9780190647346
• Author: Asma Afsaruddin

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 the great 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 and provides concise yet thorough answers. Jihad: What Everyone Needs to Know? provides a historically-grounded, scholarly yet accessible treatment of the meanings of jihad from the formative period of Islam until the contemporary period.

Table contents:

1 Jihad in the Quran and Commentary Literature

2 Jihad in the Hadith Literature

3 Jihad in the Legal Literature

4 Jihad in Morally Edifying, Ethical, and Mystical Literature

5 Jihad as Conceived by Modern Political Revolutionaries and Militants

6 Jihad in the Thought of Modern and Contemporary Mainstream Scholars

7 Jihad as Nonviolent Struggle and Peacemaking

8 Jihad and Its Perceptions in the West

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