Image from Google Jackets

Partisans of Allah : Jihad in South Asia / Ayesha Jalal.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 373 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039070
  • 0674039076
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Partisans of Allah.DDC classification:
  • 297.7/20954 22
LOC classification:
  • BP182 .J34 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Jihad as ethics, Jihad as war -- Jihad in precolonial South Asia -- The martyrs of Balakot -- Jihad in colonial India -- Jihad as anticolonial nationalism -- Islam subverted? Jihad as terrorism -- Conclusion.
Title is part of eBook package: HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 De GruyterTitle is part of eBook package: HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 De GruyterSummary: Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-355) and index.

Jihad as ethics, Jihad as war -- Jihad in precolonial South Asia -- The martyrs of Balakot -- Jihad in colonial India -- Jihad as anticolonial nationalism -- Islam subverted? Jihad as terrorism -- Conclusion.

Print version record.

Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.

In English.

Master record variable field(s) change: 650

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.