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Warrant for terror : fatwas of radical Islam and the duty of jihad /

Warrant for Terror examines fatwas, which are legal opinions declaring whether a given act under Islam is obligatory, permitted, or forbidden and which serve as a major instrument by which religious leaders impel believers to engage in acts of jihad.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bar, Shmuel
Collectivité auteur: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Édition:1st pbk. ed.
Collection:Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • 'Ulama and fatwas in Islam
  • The mechanism of the jihad fatwa
  • The house of Islam vs. the house of war
  • The doctrine of jihad
  • The defensive jihad, an individual duty
  • Rules of engagement
  • Apostates and apostate rulers
  • Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq
  • The war of the fatwas
  • Conclusion.