Jihad and Islam in World War I

Erik-Jan Zürcher is director of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as well as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Turkish Studies at Leiden University.

• Contents List of Figures Preface Introduction: The Ottoman Jihad, the German Jihad and the Sacralization of War Erik-Jan Zürcher 1 Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, “Holy War” and Colonial Concerns Léon Buskens 2 The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad Mustafa Aksakal 3 (Not) Using Political Islam: The German Empire and its Failed Propaganda Campaign in the Near and Middle East, 1914–1918 and Beyond Tilman Lüdke 4 Domestic Aspects of Ottoman Jihad: The Role of Religious Motifs and Religious Agents in the Mobilization of the Ottoman Army Mehmet Be.ikçi 5 Ottoman Jihad or Jihads: The Ottoman Sh... Jihad, the Successful One M. .ükrü Hanio.lu 6 Propaganda or Culture War: Jihad, Islam, and Nationalism in Turkish Literature during World War i Erol Köro.lu 7 Gendering Jihad: Ottoman Muslim Women and War during the Early Twentieth Century Nicole van Os 8 Architectural Jihad: The “Halbmondlager” Mosque of Wünsdorf as an Instrument of Propaganda Martin Gussone 9 War, Propaganda and Architecture: Cemal Pasha’s Restoration of Islamic Architecture in Damascus during World War i Hans Theunissen 10 The Man Who Would Be Caliph: Shar.fian Propaganda in World War i Joshua Teitelbaum 11 A German “Illusive Love”: Rash.d Ri¿ d.’s Perceptions of the First World War in the Muslim World Umar Ryad 12 John Buchan’s British-Designed Jihad in Greenmantle Ahmed K. al-Rawi List of Contributors Index