Peaceful Jihad

Peter Enz-Harlass is a civil servant in the Austrian Ministry of Defence, Austria, having completed his doctorate in Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His first book on Tunisian philosopher Ibn Khaldun was published in German in 2012. His work on Saudi Arabia has been published in Middle Eastern Studies.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Civil Rights Movement Part One: The History And The Ideas Of The Islamic Civil Rights Movement 1. Political Discourse In Saudi Arabia 2. Re-Interpreting Key Religious Concepts – The Islamo-Reformist Discussion Of The 2000s And 2010s Ce 3. The Theory Of The Islamic Civil Rights Movement 4. Heroes Or Heretics – Reactions To Hasm’s IdeasPart Two: Analysing Islamic Civil Rights Discourse 5. Scholars, Activists And Intellectuals – The Movement’s Social Background 6. From Words To Proofs – The Language And Arguments Of The Islamic Civil Rights Movement7. Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants – Which Authors Do They Quote? 8. Problems And Concepts – The Intellectual Building Blocks Of Their Theory 9. The Limits Of The Theory Of The Islamic Civil Rights Movement Conclusion – The Salafist Civil Rights Jihad Bibliography Annex A – Arabic Original Of Hasm’s Founding Declaration Annex B – English Translation Of Hasm’s Founding Declaration Annex C – Table: Quranic Verses Quoted In The Analysed Texts Annex D – Table: Sources Quoted In The Analysed Texts

This book is a valuable addition to several sets of scholarly literature: Islamic studies, Islamic intellectual history, peace studies, social movement studies, religious studies, and Middle Eastern studies. Enz-Harlass draws upon a wealth of primary sources ranging from books, poetry, lectures, and other writings, carefully analysing them to produce a richly detailed look at an Islamic civil rights organization in an authoritarian state.