Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco

Amira Bennison is lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge where she teaches on the Maghrib and the modern Middle East. Her research interests include religious and political thought in the nineteenth century Maghrib, historical interactions between Islam and modernity, and Islamic socio-cultural landscapes.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Evolution of the Sharifian Jihad State of MoroccaChapter 3. French Colonialism and Sharifian Expansion in AlgiersChapter 4. An Ambivalent Alliance: Morocco and 'Abd al-Qadir's JihadChapter 5. The French War to Conquer Algeria and the 'Alawi Jihad (1840-1845)Chapter 6. Mawley 'Abd al-Rahman's 'Holy War' against the 'Rebellion' of 'Abd al-QadirChapter 7. Conclusion

'[Bennison] unravels the multi-polar complexities of the story with great skill and gives us the most penetrating study we have to date of the consequences of the Algerian crisis for Moroccan society and government.' - African History