Jihad and Genocide.

By: Rubenstein, Richard LMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human RightsPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (194 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781442201989Subject(s): Islam and world politicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jihad and GenocideDDC classification: 297.7209 LOC classification: BP182 -- .R83 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Why I Have Written This Book -- 1 -- The Domain of Islam and the Domain of War -- 2 -- Jihad and Genocide: The Case of the Armenians -- 3 -- The Nazi-Muslim Connection and Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem -- 4 -- On Jihad, Oil, and Anti-Semitism -- 5 -- Iran: Apocalyptic Nuclear Genocide? -- 6 -- The Fruits of Rage -- Notes -- About the Author.
Summary: This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein, a respected scholar in the field of genocide studies, takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing questions in a time when questions of religious co-existence, particularly in the Middle East, are discussed urgently each day.
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Preface -- Introduction -- Why I Have Written This Book -- 1 -- The Domain of Islam and the Domain of War -- 2 -- Jihad and Genocide: The Case of the Armenians -- 3 -- The Nazi-Muslim Connection and Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem -- 4 -- On Jihad, Oil, and Anti-Semitism -- 5 -- Iran: Apocalyptic Nuclear Genocide? -- 6 -- The Fruits of Rage -- Notes -- About the Author.

This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein, a respected scholar in the field of genocide studies, takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing questions in a time when questions of religious co-existence, particularly in the Middle East, are discussed urgently each day.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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