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Partisans of Allah : Jihad in South Asia / Ayesha Jalal.
LIBRA BP182 .J34 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jalal, Ayesha.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jihad.
- Martyrdom--Islam.
- Martyrdom.
- Muslim martyrs--South Asia.
- Muslim martyrs.
- Islam and politics--South Asia.
- Islam and politics.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-355) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674028012
- 0674028015
- OCLC:
- 173659706
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