Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qurʾan to the Mongols /

Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qurʾan to the Mongols /

Examines how violence was described and evaluated in the foundational texts of IslamRead and download the introduction for free here (pdf)How was violence justified in early Islam? What role did violent actions play in the formation and maintenance of the Muslim political order? How did Muslim think...

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Main Authors: Gleave, R (Robert) (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kristó Nagy, István, 1974- (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Bowen Savant, Sarah (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Cooperson, Michael (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Fierro, Ma. Isabel (María Isabel) (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Jan van Gelder, Geert (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Kristó-Nagy, István T. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Marsham, Andrew, 1973- (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Melchert, Christopher (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Nawas, John A. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016 (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Sárközy, Miklós, 1976- (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Szombathy, Zoltán (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Tlili, Sarra, 1964- (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Urvoy, Dominique (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Series:Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought ; LIVIT
Subjects:
Islam and politics > Case studies
Islam and politics
Islamic fundamentalism > Case studies
Islamic fundamentalism
Violence > Religious aspects > Islam > Case studies
Islamic Studies
Violence > Religious aspects > Islam
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Dates and Abbreviations
  • Figures and Tables
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. JIHĀD AND CONQUEST: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE EXTERNAL ENEMIES OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
  • 2 The Question of Divine Help in the Jihād
  • 3 Reading THE QUR'ĀN ON Jihād: TWO EARLY EXEGETICAL TEXTS
  • 4 IBN AL-MUBĀRAK'S KITĀB AL-Jihād AND EARLY RENUNCIANT LITERATURE
  • 5 Shaping Memory of the Conquests: THE CASE OF TUSTAR
  • PART II. THE CHALLENGED ESTABLISHMENT: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE STATE AND IN ITS DEFENCE WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
  • 6 WHO INSTIGATED VIOLENCE: A Rebelling Devil or a Vengeful God?
  • 7 ATTITUDES TO THE USE OF FIRE IN EXECUTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND EARLY ISLAM: The Burning of Heretics and Rebels IN LATE UMAYYAD IRAQ
  • 8 ʿABBĀSID State Violence AND THE EXECUTION OF IBN ʿĀʾISHA
  • 9 THE Sultan and the Defiant Prince IN HUNTING COMPETITION: QUESTIONS OF LEGITIMACY IN HUNTING EPISODES OF TABARISTĀN
  • PART III. LUST AND FLESH: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE DEFENCELESS, INTRA-COMMUNITARIAN VIOLENCE BY NON-STATE ACTORS
  • 10 Violence Against Women IN ANDALUSI HISTORICAL SOURCES (THIRD/NINTH- SEVENTH/THIRTEENTH CENTURIES)
  • 11 Sexual Violence in Verse: THE CASE OF JIʿTHIN, AL-FARAZDAQ'S SISTER
  • 12 Bandits
  • 13 EATING PEOPLE IS WRONG: SOME Eyewitness Reports of Cannibalism IN ARABIC SOURCES
  • 14 Animals Would Follow SHA ̄FIʿISM: LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE VIOLENCE TO ANIMALS IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC THOUGHT
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX OF QURʾĀNIC CITATIONS
  • General Index

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