Gabriele Marranci - Jihad Beyond Islam
Berg Publishers | 2006 | Pages: 224 | PDF | 1.61 MB
Berg Publishers | 2006 | Pages: 224 | PDF | 1.61 MB
"Jihad" is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as "Holy War", it has become synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to take account of the subtlety and complexity of jihad. Like many concepts with a long history, different cultural ideas have influenced the religious aspects of jihad. As a result its original meaning has been adapted, modified and destabilized--never more than at the present time.
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