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Hardcover Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam Book

ISBN: 0195125800

ISBN13: 9780195125801

Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam

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While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response...

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