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A Geography of Jihad
Language: en
Pages: 728
Authors: Stephanie Zehnle
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-20 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This book addresses the Jihad movement that created the largest African state of the 19th century: the Sokoto Caliphate, existing for 99 years from 1804 until i
Everyday Jihad
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Bernard Rougier
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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As southern Lebanon becomes the latest battleground for Islamist warriors, Everyday Jihad plunges us into the sprawling, heavily populated Palestinian refugee c
Jihad
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Gilles Kepel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Kepel has traveled throughout the Muslim world gathering documents, interviews, and archival materials, in order to give readers a comprehensive understanding o
The End of the Jihâd State
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Khalid Yahya Blankinship
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06-28 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Stretching from Morocco to China, the Umayyad caliphate based its expansion and success on the doctrine of jihad--armed struggle to claim the whole earth for Go
Understanding Jihad
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: David Cook
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-05-23 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it sim