1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464512303321

Autore

Bar Shmuel

Titolo

Warrant for terror : fatwās of radical Islam and the duty of jihād / / Shmuel Bar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-283-62574-1

1-4616-4685-5

9786613938190

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society

Disciplina

363.325/1

Soggetti

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

Jihad

Fatwas

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with Hoover Institution."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 'Ulama and fatwas in Islam -- The mechanism of the jihad fatwa -- The house of Islam vs. the house of war -- The doctrine of jihad -- The defensive jihad, an individual duty -- Rules of engagement -- Apostates and apostate rulers -- Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- The war of the fatwas -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Warrant for Terror examines fatwas, which are legal opinions declaring whether a given act under Islam is obligatory, permitted, or forbidden and which serve as a major instrument by which religious leaders impel believers to engage in acts of jihad.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394073403316

Titolo

By the King. A proclamation for discovery of robberies and burglaries, and for a reward to the discoverers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty, 1661

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Charles, King of England,  <1630-1685.>

Soggetti

Burglary - Government policy - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At end of text: Given at His Majesties court at Whitehal the thirtieth day of December, in the thirteenth year of His Majesties reign.

Steele notation: frequent- The 2) the suffi-; Arms 66.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018