Do Excellent Surgeons Make Miserable Exegetes?

This article is an attempt to explore how ǧihādī authors make use of the Sunni tradition to bolster their case. Islamicists have rarely embarked on such a discussion, given the tendency to a priori chastise extremist authors for their untenable misrepresentation of Islam. Similarly, ǧihādī arguments...

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Main Author: Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2013, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-237
Further subjects:B Ǧihād reception of Ibn Taimīya Islamic political thought intellectual roots of radical Islam Sunni scholarly tradition Afghanistan Aiman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī Dr. Faḍl
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