War and peace in Islam a critique of Islamic/ist political discourses
The question of conflict in Islam has now for sometime been interpreted in the Western diplomatic circles through the violent actions of fundamentalist groups and amongst many academics through a jurisprudential outlook. This work, however, views war and peace in Islam in a critical theoretical fram...
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London, UK
Palgrave Macmillan
2012
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| Series: | Rethinking peace and conflict studies
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Table of Contents:
- Islamic Discourses: Definitions and Background
- Contextualising Islam or Islamicising Context: Debates on the Role of Islam in Politics
- The Concepts of War and Peace and Their Comparative Position in an Islamic Context
- The Question of Jihad
- Current Conflicts and Muslim and Islamist States: Two Contemporary Cases.