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Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism
Elsayed Amin
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Description for Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism
Paperback. Using the Qur'an exegetical tradition, this study presents a major critique of terrorism and attempts to establish violence between Muslims and non-Muslims as normative through misreadings of the Qur'an. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP; HRHS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
In Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism, ElSayed Amin presents a detailed critique of institutional and legal definitions of terrorism. He engages the Qur'an exegetical tradition, both classical and contemporary, to critique key verses of the Qur'an that have been misread to establish violence as a relational norm between Muslims and non-Muslims. This pioneering work is a sustained scholarly attempt to separate Islamic jihad, as well as the notion of armed deterrence, from modern terrorism through the examination of the 9/11 terrorism attacks, and it proposes legal proscriptions for terrorism from the Qur'an, on the basis of its political, ... Read more
In Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism, ElSayed Amin presents a detailed critique of institutional and legal definitions of terrorism. He engages the Qur'an exegetical tradition, both classical and contemporary, to critique key verses of the Qur'an that have been misread to establish violence as a relational norm between Muslims and non-Muslims. This pioneering work is a sustained scholarly attempt to separate Islamic jihad, as well as the notion of armed deterrence, from modern terrorism through the examination of the 9/11 terrorism attacks, and it proposes legal proscriptions for terrorism from the Qur'an, on the basis of its political, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Islamic Foundation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Markfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860375937
SKU
V9780860375937
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About Elsayed Amin
ELSAYED AMIN is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in English at al-Azhar University and a visiting postdoctoral research fellow at the Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, who obtained his doctorate in Islamic studies from the University of Birmingham, and his juristic training from the prestigious al-Azhar University. He is a member of the Supreme ... Read more
Reviews for Reclaiming Jihad: A Qur'anic Critique of Terrorism
"In this study on the ethics of violence in the Qur'an, the author poignantly demonstrates the Qur'anic normative approach to the question of spreading terror, treachery, and victimizing the defenseless. This book is a scholarly and necessary critique of why the crime of terrorism is inconsistent with the ethical outlook of the Qur'an. Anyone who wants to understand the Qur'an ... Read more