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Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam
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Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam

Author: Reuven Firestone
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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"Tracing the social and political changes experienced during the transition from pre-Islamic Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam, Firestone concludes that jihad is an indigenous Arabian phenomenon. It resulted, he argues, from the mixture of old Arabian culture with innovations in the traditional social structure and worldview engendered by the introduction of Islamic monotheism. The cauldron in
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Reuven Firestone
ISBN: 0195125800 9780195125801 0195154940 9780195154948
OCLC Number: 39533731
Description: xi, 195 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Transliterations --
Introduction --
pt. 1. Imaging Arabia. Islam and holy war --
The pre-Islamic world --
pt. 2. The Qurʼān and its interpretation. The Qurʼān : the traditional reading and its inherent weakness --
The Qurʼān on war : a new reading --
pt. 3. The oral tradition. The prophetic sunna --
The sira --
Conclusion : from mundane war to holy war.
Responsibility: Reuven Firestone.
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While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviours appear already among Muslims during the first  Read more...

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