The universal enemy : jihad, empire, and the challenge of solidarity

The universal enemy : jihad, empire, and the challenge of solidarity /

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"No contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom...

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Main Author: Li, Darryl (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Jihad > Political aspects > Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Panislamism.
Solidarity > Religious aspects > Islam.
Muslim soldiers > Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Participation, Muslim.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Participation, Foreign.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Table of Contents:
  • Terms of engagement
  • Dramatis personae
  • Introduction
  • PART I. JIHAD. 1. Migrations
  • 2. Locations
  • 3. Authorities
  • 4. Groundings
  • INTERLUDE. Exchanging Arabs
  • PART II. OTHER UNIVERSALISMS. 5. Non-alignment
  • 6. Peacekeeping
  • 7. The global war on terror
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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