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Reclaiming jihad : a Qur'anic critique of terrorism / ElSayed M. A. Amin.
Van Pelt Library BP134.J45 A45 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amin, ElSayed M. A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Qurʼan.
- Jihad.
- Jihad--History.
- Jihad in the Qurʼan.
- History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 228 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leicester, UK : Islamic Foundation, [2014]
- Summary:
- In Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism, ElSayed Amin presents a detailed critique of institutional and legal definitions of terrorism. He engages the Qur'an exegetical tradition, both classical and contemporary, to critique key verses of the Qur'an that have been misread to establish violence as a realtional norm between Muslims and non-Muslims. This pioneering work is a sustained scholarly attempt to separate Islamic jihad, as well as the notion of armed deterrence, from modern terrorism through the examination of the 9/11 terrorism attacks, and it proposes legal proscriptions for terrorism from the Qur'an, on the basis of its political, social and psychological impacts. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Defining Terrorism: Secular and Islamic Perspectives 21
- 2 Arming for Deterrence in the Qur'an 53
- 3 Jihad versus Terrorism in the Qur'an 79
- 4 The Modern Debate on Offensive Jihad 103
- 5 Terrorism and Its Qur'anic Punishment 126.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical referances and Index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thea Marie Garfield Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0860375935
- 9780860375883
- 0860375889
- 9780860375937
- OCLC:
- 899260614
- Publisher Number:
- 99963538439
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