Violence in Islamic thought from the Qurʾān to the Mongols

From its earliest times, Islam has had an ambivalent relationship with violence. For many early Muslim authors, violence was a simple fact of life. In the Quran and in the later Muslim tradition, some forms of violence are condemned, while some, including the waging of holy warfare, are extolled. Wh...

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Contributors: Gleave, Robert 1967- (Editor) ; Kristó-Nagy, István T. 1974- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2015]
In: Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought (volume 1)
Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought volume 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Philosophy / Violence
Further subjects:B Islamic fundamentalism Case studies
B Violence Religious aspects Islam Case studies
B Islamic fundamentalism
B Islam and politics
B Islam and politics Case studies
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