Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam: A Reader (Princeton Series on the Middle East)

by Rudolph Peters

Book Overview

This work demonstrates that the notion of jihad (Holy War) is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558761098
• ISBN13: 9781558761094
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"