Jihād : from Qur'ān to bin Laden
Bonney, Richard2004
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Holy war ideas appear among Muslims during the earliest manifestations of the religion. This work locates the origin of Jihad and traces its evolution as an idea with the intellectual history of the concept of Jihad in Islam as well as how it has been misapplied by modern Islamic terrorists and suicide bombers.
Main title:
Jihād : from Qur'ān to bin Laden / Richard Bonney ; foreword by Zaki Badawi.
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Imprint:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Collation:
xxvi, 594 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-572) and index.
ISBN:
9781403933720 (hbk)
Dewey class:
297.72
Language:
English
BRN:
561042