Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia

By Ayesha Jalal

Book Overview

The meanings of jihad have been highly contested over time. They have ranged from the philosophical struggle to live ethically to the political injunction to fight the enemies of Islam. In this book, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle as it has been applied in South Asian history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674028015
• ISBN13: 9780674028012
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"