Violence in islamic thought from european imperialism to the post-colonial era / edited by Mustafa Baig and Robert Gleave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baig, Mustafa, Author.

Contributor:

Gleave, Robert, editor.

Baig, Mustafa, editor.

Series:

Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects.

Violence.

Violence--Islam--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This volume shows the diversity of approaches to violence in Islamic thought between the 19th century and the present day, avoiding the limiting characterisations of Islam being inherently 'violent' or 'peaceful'.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Dates, Abbreviations and Online References

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1. VIOLENCE IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMATIC CATEGORIES

Part I. Violence and Islam: Methodological Concerns

2. IL/LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT: A MINORITY REPORT ON MUSLIM VIOLENCE

3. THE LURE OF JIHĀD: POST-TRADITIONAL HISTORIES OF VIOLENCE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

Part II. Resistance and Colonialism: South Asian Contexts

4. FROM CLIENT TO REBEL? THE PHILOSOPHER FAŻL-I ḤAQQ KHAYRĀBĀDĪ, HIS RISĀLA GHADARĪYA AND THE EVENTS OF 1857

5. ALTERNATIVE RESISTANCE TO THE BRITISH RAJ: AḤMAD RIḌĀ KHĀN’S LEGAL AND SOCIOPOLITICAL FATWAS

6. A ṬĀLIBĀN LEGAL DISCOURSE ON VIOLENCE

Part III. Justifying Violence

7. BUʿITHTU BIʾL-SAYF: JIHĀD, MONOLATRY AND THEONOMY IN MODERN SALAFISM

8. AL-QĀ ʿIDA’S POST-ARAB SPRING JIHAD: CONFIRMATION OR RE-EVALUATION?

9. THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS AND JIHADISM

10. THE LOGIC OF THE CONQUEST SOCIETY: ISIS, APOCALYPTIC VIOLENCE AND THE ‘REINSTATEMENT’ OF SLAVE CONCUBINAGE

11. ‘NAY, WE OBEYED GOD WHEN WE BURNED HIM’: DEBATING IMMOLATION (TAḤRĪQ) BETWEEN THE ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-QĀ ʿIDA

Part IV. Communicating Violence

12. VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL MOBILISATION IN THE DISCOURSE OF MUQTADĀ AL-ṢADR

13. MANAGING VIOLENT CONFLICT: HUDNA AND TAHDIʾA, BEYOND A STRATEGIC PAUSE

14. NOTES ON SOME JIHADIST POEMS

15. THE ‘OTHER’ IN THE DISCOURSE OF HAMAS AND HIZBULLAH

16. CONCLUDING REMARKS: VIOLENCE IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-8552-9

1-4744-8553-7

OCLC:

1252418144