Understanding Jihad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Jihad write by David Cook. This book was released on 2005-05-23. Understanding Jihad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Towards a Greater Jihad
Towards a Greater Jihad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Towards a Greater Jihad write by Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, USA.. This book was released on 2008. Towards a Greater Jihad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Fighting the Greater Jihad
Fighting the Greater Jihad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fighting the Greater Jihad write by Cheikh Anta Babou. This book was released on 2007-09-01. Fighting the Greater Jihad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation’s president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of Amadu Bamba as well as the continuing reconstruction of this identity by more recent followers. He makes a compelling case for reexamining the history of Muslim institutions in Africa and elsewhere in order to appreciate believers’ motivation and initiatives, especially religious culture and education, beyond the narrow confines of political collaboration and resistance. Fighting the Greater Jihad also reveals how religious power is built at the intersection of genealogy, knowledge, and spiritual force, and how this power in turn affected colonial policy. Fighting the Greater Jihad will dramatically alter the perspective from which anthropologists, historians, and political scientists study Muslim mystical orders.
Virtues of the Prophet;a Young Muslims Guide to the Greater Jihad, the War Against the Passions
Virtues of the Prophet;a Young Muslims Guide to the Greater Jihad, the War Against the Passions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Virtues of the Prophet;a Young Muslims Guide to the Greater Jihad, the War Against the Passions write by Charles Upton. This book was released on . Virtues of the Prophet;a Young Muslims Guide to the Greater Jihad, the War Against the Passions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Understanding Jihad
Understanding Jihad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Jihad write by David Cook. This book was released on 2005-05-23. Understanding Jihad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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, Understanding Jihad opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. As David Cook traces the practical and theoretical meanings of jihad, he cites from scriptural, legal, and newly translated texts to give readers a taste of the often ambiguous information that is used to construct Islamic doctrine. He looks closely at the life and teaching of the Prophet Muhammad and at the ramifications of the great Islamic conquests in 634 to 732 A.D. He sheds light on legal developments relevant to fighting and warfare, and places the internal, spiritual jihad within the larger context of Islamic religion. He 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. He has also included a special appendix of relevant documents including materials related to the September 11 attacks and published manifestoes issued by Osama bin Laden and Palestinian suicide-martyrs.
