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3 - Fighting and Martial Valor in Islamic Thought

from Part I - Classical Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
Asma Afsaruddin
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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Summary

Fighting or war is often reduced to the Arabic word jihād by both Muslim and non-Muslim authors. Such a conflation, however, elides a broader semantic landscape for the term jihād as indicated in a number of Islamic sources; this landscape is resurrected to a considerable extent in this chapter by consulting a broad range of primary Arabic sources.

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spiritual jihāddefensive jihādoffensive jihādmartyrdom
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 76 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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