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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164931903321

Autore

Maher Shiraz

Titolo

Salafi-jihadism : the history of an idea / / Shiraz Maher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-19-069461-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 292 pages)

Disciplina

297.72

Soggetti

Jihad - History

Islamic fundamentalism - History

Salafīyah

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The obligation of fighting -- 3. Applying jihad in Salafi thought -- 4. Establishing disbelief -- 5. Praxis in action -- 6. The making of love and hate -- 7. Al-Walā' wa-l-Barā' as social empowerment -- 8. Realising monotheism -- 9. Holy war and the essence of monotheism -- 10. The dawn of modern political Islam -- 11. Securing God's rights -- 12. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990's and the 9/11 wars. What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles - as so many utopian ideologies do - to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. His ground-breaking introduction to salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the



most destructive political philosophies of our time by assessing classical works from Islamic antiquity alongside those of contemporary ideologues. Packed with refreshing and provocative insights, Maher explains how war and insecurity engendered one of the most significant socio-religious movements of the modern era.