Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era

Mustafa Baig, Robert Gleave (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2021
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474485500 (ISBN)

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This volume shows the diversity of approaches to violence in Islamic thought between the 19th century and the present day, avoiding the limiting characterisations of Islam being inherently ‘violent’ or ‘peaceful’. It shows how ideas of ‘justified violence’ – grounded in Islamic theological and juristic traditions – reoccur throughout history, up to the contemporary period. Chapters on earlier events provide context for contemporary debates on violence, showing how traditional legal and theological ideas (such as the sovereignty of God’s law and peace treaties) are used to both legitimise and de-legitimise violence.

Mustafa Baig is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era (EUP, 2021), co-authored with Mustafa Baig.

1. Violence in Islamic Thought: Methodological Issues and Problematic CategoriesRobert Gleave

Part I: Violence and Islam: Methodological Concerns

2. Il/Legitimate Violence in Modern Islamic Thought: the Colonial Boundary Between Religion and Ideology, a Minority Report on Muslim ViolenceBruce Lawrence

3. The Lure of Jihad: Post-Traditional Histories of Violence in the Islamic WorldWilliam Gallois

Part II: Resistance and Colonialism: South Asian Contexts

4. From Client to Rebel? The Philosopher Fażl-I Ḥaqq Khayrābādī, His Risāla Ghadarīya and the Events of 1857Sajjad Rizvi

5. Alternative Resistance to the British Raj: Aḥmad Riḍā Khān’s Legal and Socio-Political FatwasMustafa Baig

6. The Ṭālibān Legal Discourse on ViolenceJan-Peter Hartung

Part III: Justifying Violence

7. Buʿithtu Biʾl-Sayf: Jihad, Monolatry and Theonomy in Modern SalafismDaniel Lav

8. AL-Qāʿida’s Post-Arab Spring Jihad: Confirmation or Re-Evaluation? Joas Wagemakers

9. The Arab Revolutions and JihadismFarhad Khosrokhavar

10. The Logic of the Conquest Society: Isis, Apocalyptic Violence and the ‘Reinstatement’ Of Slave-ConcubinageOmar Anchassi

11. ‘Nay, We Obeyed God When We Burned Him’: Debating Immolation (Taḥrīq) Between the Islamic State and Al-QāʿidaMathias Ghyoot

Part IV: Communicating Violence

12. Violence and Political Mobilisation in the Discourse of Muqtadā Al-ṢadrSarah Elibiary

13. Managing Violent Conflict: Hudna and Tahdiya, Beyond a Strategic PauseBeverly Milton-Edwards

14. Some Notes on Jihadist PoemsAndras Hamori

15. The ‘Other’ in the Discourse of Hamas and HizbullahAtef Alshaer

16. Concluding Remarks: Violence in Islamic ThoughtRobert Gleave

Bibliography, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2021
Reihe/Serie	Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	774 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781474485500 / 9781474485500
Zustand	Neuware