The shade of swords: Jihad and the conflict between Islam and Christianity
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"The Shade of Swords traces the origins of jihad in the struggle against oppression that was part of the earliest consciousness of Muslims. Travelling across centuries and continents, from the triumphant rise of Islam under the Prophet Muhammad to the depression of defeat in the First Crusade, through the renewal of Saladin to the rise and fall of the Ottoman and Mughal empires to the raw passions of Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, M.J. Akbar's story explains how jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice. The conflict between Islam and Christianity began from the time of the Prophet himself and has acquired myriad shapes over fourteen-hundred years: in doctrine, dialectics, literature, culture and of course on the battlefield, from the fall of Jerusalem to the Caliph Omar in 637, to the presence of British and American troops in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2002. The anger that is visible on the streets of the Muslim world today is fuelled by a perception of injustice and exploitation by the West. Akbar observed in an essay written just after the collapse of the Soviet Union: 'The West's next confrontation is definitely going to come from the Muslim world. It is in the sweep of Islamic nations from the Maghreb to Pakistan that the struggle for a new world order will begin.' The Shade of Swords narrates why and how."--Jacket.
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Subjects
Christendom
Djihad
Electronic books
General
Heilige oorlog
Histoire
History
Islam
Islam -- Histoire
Islam -- History
Jihad
Jihad -- History
Jihād
Jihād -- Histoire
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION
RELIGION -- Islam -- General
Religious aspects
Social conflict
Social conflict -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Westliche Welt
Djihad
Electronic books
General
Heilige oorlog
Histoire
History
Islam
Islam -- Histoire
Islam -- History
Jihad
Jihad -- History
Jihād
Jihād -- Histoire
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION
RELIGION -- Islam -- General
Religious aspects
Social conflict
Social conflict -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Westliche Welt
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9780415284707
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9780203402108
9781134452583
9780203331019
9780203402108
9781134452583
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1150L
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Last Indexed | 2024-05-07 23:22:57PM |
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"The Shade of Swords traces the origins of jihad in the struggle against oppression that was part of the earliest consciousness of Muslims. Travelling across centuries and continents, from the triumphant rise of Islam under the Prophet Muhammad to the depression of defeat in the First Crusade, through the renewal of Saladin to the rise and fall of the Ottoman and Mughal empires to the raw passions of Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, M.J. Akbar's story explains how jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice. The conflict between Islam and Christianity began from the time of the Prophet himself and has acquired myriad shapes over fourteen-hundred years: in doctrine, dialectics, literature, culture and of course on the battlefield, from the fall of Jerusalem to the Caliph Omar in 637, to the presence of British and American troops in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2002. The anger that is visible on the streets of the Muslim world today is fuelled by a perception of injustice and exploitation by the West. Akbar observed in an essay written just after the collapse of the Soviet Union: 'The West's next confrontation is definitely going to come from the Muslim world. It is in the sweep of Islamic nations from the Maghreb to Pakistan that the struggle for a new world order will begin.' The Shade of Swords narrates why and how."--Jacket.
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Djihad
Electronic books
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History
Islam
Islam -- Histoire
Islam -- History
Jihad
Jihad -- History
Jihād -- Histoire
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION -- Islam -- General
Social conflict -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Westliche Welt
Djihad
Electronic books
Heilige oorlog
History
Islam
Islam -- Histoire
Islam -- History
Jihad
Jihad -- History
Jihād -- Histoire
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION -- Islam -- General
Social conflict -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Westliche Welt
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The shade of swords
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Jihad and the conflict between Islam and Christianity
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Djihad
General
Heilige oorlog
Histoire
History
Islam
Jihad
Jihād
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION
Religious aspects
Social conflict
Djihad
General
Heilige oorlog
Histoire
History
Islam
Jihad
Jihād
Konflikt
Politischer Konflikt
RELIGION
Religious aspects
Social conflict
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