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Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam

Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam

Firestone, Reuven

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0195125800
ISBN13: 9780195125801
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 30 1999
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.39 Depth: 9.55
Language: English
While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

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