Twenty-First Century Jihad: Law, Society and Military Action

by Elizabeth Kendall and Ewan Stein

Book Overview

The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts, jihad has multiple resonances and associations, its meaning shifting over time and from place to place. Jihad has referred to movements of internal reform, spiritual struggle, social progress, self-defence and even poetic expression as much as to 'holy war'. Jihad, moreover,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784536717
• ISBN13: 9781784536718
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"