Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era

Mustafa Baig is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era (EUP, 2021), co-authored with Mustafa Baig.

• 1. Violence in Islamic Thought: Methodological Issues and Problematic CategoriesRobert GleavePart I: Violence and Islam: Methodological Concerns2. Il/Legitimate Violence in Modern Islamic Thought: the Colonial Boundary Between Religion and Ideology, a Minority Report on Muslim ViolenceBruce Lawrence3. The Lure of Jihad: Post-Traditional Histories of Violence in the Islamic WorldWilliam GalloisPart II: Resistance and Colonialism: South Asian Contexts4. From Client to Rebel? The Philosopher Fażl-I Ḥaqq Khayrābādī, His Risāla Ghadarīya and the Events of 1857Sajjad Rizvi5. Alternative Resistance to the British Raj: Aḥmad Riḍā Khān’s Legal and Socio-Political FatwasMustafa Baig6. The Ṭālibān Legal Discourse on ViolenceJan-Peter HartungPart III: Justifying Violence7. Buʿithtu Biʾl-Sayf: Jihad, Monolatry and Theonomy in Modern SalafismDaniel Lav8. AL-Qāʿida’s Post-Arab Spring Jihad: Confirmation or Re-Evaluation? Joas Wagemakers9. The Arab Revolutions and JihadismFarhad Khosrokhavar10. The Logic of the Conquest Society: Isis, Apocalyptic Violence and the ‘Reinstatement’ Of Slave-ConcubinageOmar Anchassi11. ‘Nay, We Obeyed God When We Burned Him’: Debating Immolation (Taḥrīq) Between the Islamic State and Al-QāʿidaMathias GhyootPart IV: Communicating Violence12. Violence and Political Mobilisation in the Discourse of Muqtadā Al-ṢadrSarah Elibiary13. Managing Violent Conflict: Hudna and Tahdiya, Beyond a Strategic PauseBeverly Milton-Edwards14. Some Notes on Jihadist PoemsAndras Hamori15. The ‘Other’ in the Discourse of Hamas and HizbullahAtef Alshaer16. Concluding Remarks: Violence in Islamic ThoughtRobert GleaveBibliography, Index