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Interpretations of jihad in South Asia : an intellectual history /

In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as jihad worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there should be a book-length study of this idea in this part of the world. The focus of the study is the idea of jihad with its changing interpretations mostly those available in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rahman, Tariq, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Interpretation of the Quran and the hadith
  • Jihad in transition
  • Jihad and the family of Shah Waliullah
  • Colonial modernists
  • Jihad as anti-colonial resistance
  • The age of mawddä
  • Radical imports
  • Pakistani radicals
  • Refuting the radicals
  • Conclusion.