Jihad: From Qu'ran to Bin Laden (Hardcover)

Foreword; Z.Badawi Author's Preface Glossary Introduction Prologue: The War of Annihilation (herem) in the Hebrew Scriptures PART I: TEXT AND MEANING Jihad in the Qur'an and the Sunnah 'Jihad of the Sword': Carrying the Message Abroad (futuhat) Jihad al-Nafs: The Spiritual Struggle PART II: CONTEXTUAL THEORISTS AND STATE SYSTEMS Ibn Taymiyah and the Defensive Jihad: A Response to the Crusades and the Mongol Invasions Jihad as State System: The Ottoman State, Safavid Persia and the Moghul Empire Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Wahhab and Wahhabism Jihad in the Period of the Colonial Powers PART III: IDEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS Sunni Political Jihadists of the Twentieth-Century: Mawdudi, Hasan Al-Banna, Qutb The Shi'i Depiction of Jihad and Martyrdom (shahadat) PART IV: CONTEXT AND DISTORTION OF THE TEXT The Crucible: The Palestine-Israel Dispute and its Consequences Osama bin Laden: Global Jihad as 'Fifth-Generation' Warfare Conclusion: 'Enlightened Moderation': Towards a Muslim Consensus on the Future Development of Islam and its Relations with the West Appendix: Extract from a Fatwa Pronounced by Ibn Taymiyah on the Mongols, 702/1303 Notes Select Bibliography Index