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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812739803321

Autore

Jalal Ayesha

Titolo

Partisans of Allah : Jihad in South Asia / / Ayesha Jalal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-03907-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Disciplina

297.7/20954

Soggetti

Jihad

Martyrdom - Islam

Muslim martyrs - South Asia

Islam and politics - South Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jihad as ethics, Jihad as war -- Jihad in precolonial South Asia -- The martyrs of Balakot -- Jihad in colonial India -- Jihad as anticolonial nationalism -- Islam subverted? Jihad as terrorism -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.