Twenty-first Century Jihad : Law, Society and Military Action (Hardcover)

Introduction. Elisabeth Kendall and Ewan Stein PART I: Jihad in the Qur'an and Hadith Chapter 1: Divine Authority and Territorial Entitlement in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. Reuven Firestone Chapter 2: Early Competing Views on Jihad and Martyrdom: Reading the Musannafs of 'Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani and Ibn Abi Shayba. Asma Afsaruddin Chapter 3: Dying on God's Path: Definitions and Narrations of Martyrdom in Sunni Hadith Literature. Roberta Denaro PART II: Non-Violent Perspectives on Jihad Chapter 4: The Non-Military Aspects of Kitab al-Jihad: Islamic Jurisprudence and Peaceful Abidance in the Abode of War. Mustafa Raza Khan Chapter 5: Contesting Jihad: Responses to the Almoravid Intervention in Andalusia. Russell Hopley Chpater 6: The 'Greater' Jihad in Classical Islam: The Sufi Concept of Combating the Soul. Gavin Picken Chapter 7: Jihadist of the Pen in Victorian England: Voicing a Muslim Response to Western Misconceptions about Jihad. Eric Germain PART III: Contemporary Perspectives on Jihad Chapter 8: Rethinking Principles: Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Ayat al-Sayf. Sherman Jackson Chapter 9: Jihadi Revisions in Egypt: The End of Radicalism? Ewan Stein Chapter 10: 'Jihad' as a Form of Struggle in the Resistance Against Apartheid in South Africa. Na'eem Jeenah PART IV: Jihad as Social Practice Chapter 11: Sectarian Violence as Jihad. Sami Zubaida Chapter 12: A Plurality of Resistances: Women, Islam and War in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. Maria Holt Chapter 13: Martyrdom and Territorial Claims: The Place of the Corpse in Suicide Jihad. Brannon Wheeler PART V: Jihad in Cultural and Literary Production Chapter 14: Poetry as a Propagandist Weapon of Jihad. Elisabeth Kendall Chapter 15: A Poetics of Sacrifice: A Study of the Function of Poetry in Early Modern Palestine. Rana Issa Chapter 16: Hollywood and Jihad: The Depiction of Radical Islamist Terrorism in American Movies and TV Series. Thomas Riegler