Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought by Asma Afsaruddin

Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought

Asma Afsaruddin

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nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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In popular and academic literature, jihad is predominantly assumed to refer exclusively to armed combat, and martyrdom in the Islamic context is understood to be invariably of the military kind. This perspective, derived mainly from legal texts, h...

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