Islam and Jihad

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath have focused the world’s attention on Islamic fundamentalism. We are being told that what we are witnessing today is a ‘clash of civilizations’, between a secular, modern ‘West’ and a fundamentalist, backward-looking ‘Islam’. Why are a whole range of political, cultural, social, and even economic events often reduced in so Pavlovian a way to ‘Islam? What is it about "Islam’ that provokes so quick and unrestrained a response? What is the meaning of jihad, and is it synonymous with warfare? What is a fatwa, and who has the right to issue one? What is the truth behind the RSS charge that the Muslims have selectively used the Quran to take to the path of intolerance and conflict?What is Islamic fundamentalism, and who have shaped its essential contours? Is there a concept of religious tolerance and a pluralist society in Islam? Is a liberation theology compatible with the tenets of Islam? How can Islam respond to the challenge of modernity?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A G Noorani

A.G. Noorani is Advocate, Supreme Court of India. He is a regular columnist in Hindustan Times, Frontline and Economic and Political Weekly. He is the author of The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record, 1947-2000 (2003), Islam and Jebad (2002), Savarkar and Hindutva: The Godse Connection (2002), The Tribal of Bhagat Singh: Politics of Justice (2001), The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour (2000), Constitutional Questions: The President, Parliament and the States (2000), and The Kashmir Question.

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Title
Islam and Jihad
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8187496231
Length
xi+115p., Notes; Appendix.
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