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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 373 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674039070
  • 0674039076
Other title:
  • Jihad in South Asia
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Partisans of Allah.DDC classification:
  • 297.7/20954 22
LOC classification:
  • BP182 .J34 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)282804

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.

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.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed May 21, 2020).

English.