Twenty-First Century Jihad

Elisabeth Kendall is Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Oxford University. She is the author of "Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde: Intersection in Egypt" (2006). Ewan Stein is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of "Representing Israel in Modern Egypt: Ideas, Intellectuals and Foreign Policy from Nasser to Mubarak" (I.B.Tauris, 2012).

• Introduction. Elisabeth Kendall and Ewan SteinPART I: Jihad in the Qur’an and HadithChapter 1: Divine Authority and Territorial Entitlement in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an. Reuven FirestoneChapter 2: Early Competing Views on Jihad and Martyrdom: Reading the Musannafs of ‘Abd al-Razzaq al-San’ani and Ibn Abi Shayba. Asma AfsaruddinChapter 3: Dying on God’s Path: Definitions and Narrations of Martyrdom in Sunni Hadith Literature. Roberta DenaroPART II: Non-Violent Perspectives on JihadChapter 4: The Non-Military Aspects of Kitab al-Jihad: Islamic Jurisprudence and Peaceful Abidance in the Abode of War. Mustafa Raza KhanChapter 5: Contesting Jihad: Responses to the Almoravid Intervention in Andalusia. Russell HopleyChpater 6: The ‘Greater’ Jihad in Classical Islam: The Sufi Concept of Combating the Soul. Gavin PickenChapter 7: Jihadist of the Pen in Victorian England: Voicing a Muslim Response to Western Misconceptions about Jihad. Eric GermainPART III: Contemporary Perspectives on JihadChapter 8: Rethinking Principles: Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Ayat al-Sayf. Sherman JacksonChapter 9: Jihadi Revisions in Egypt: The End of Radicalism? Ewan SteinChapter 10: ‘Jihad’ as a Form of Struggle in the Resistance Against Apartheid in South Africa. Na’eem JeenahPART IV: Jihad as Social PracticeChapter 11: Sectarian Violence as Jihad. Sami Zubaida Chapter 12: A Plurality of Resistances: Women, Islam and War in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. Maria HoltChapter 13: Martyrdom and Territorial Claims: The Place of the Corpse in Suicide Jihad. Brannon WheelerPART V: Jihad in Cultural and Literary ProductionChapter 14: Poetry as a Propagandist Weapon of Jihad. Elisabeth KendallChapter 15: A Poetics of Sacrifice: A Study of the Function of Poetry in Early Modern Palestine. Rana IssaChapter 16: Hollywood and Jihad: The Depiction of Radical Islamist Terrorism in American Movies and TV Series. Thomas Riegler