ISBN: 0313385890
Author: Ronald A. Messier
Language: English
Publisher: Praeger (August 19, 2010)
Pages: 248
Category: Humanities
Subcategory: Other
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Ronald A. Messier is professor emeritus of history at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. .
Ronald A. Messier is professor emeritus of history at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, and formerly senior lecturer in history at Vanderbilt University. Their humble request for a fatwa on jihad against the Christians was even granted by Al-Ghazali himself, possibly the most famous rned-Sufi in Islamic history. But the Almoravid empire betrayed its veiled humility in later banning and burning Al-Ghazali's books against political meddling in religion.
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Start by marking The Almoravids and the Meanings of Jihad as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Several important themes in North African history are explored throughout the book, including the dynastic theory of noted Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, the unique relationship of rural and urban lifestyles, the interactions of distinct Berber and Arab identities, and the influence of tribal solidarity and Islam in forming the social fabric of medieval North African society.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contains sketches of three principle characters (Ibn Yasin, Zaynab, and El Cid) as well as the Koranic inscription and the plan of the Sijilmasa mosque. Includes maps showing various places in North Africa and Southern Spain discussed in the text.
Download Citation On May 27, 2014, Wilfrid J. Rollman and others published The Almoravids and the meanings of Jihad . Re-Thinking the Almoravids, Re-Thinking Ibn Khaldun: From the Almoravids to the Algerian War. November 2013.
Re-Thinking the Almoravids, Re-Thinking Ibn Khaldun: From the Almoravids to the Algerian War.
Originally West African, Berber nomads, the Almoravids emerged from what is today Mauritania to rule Morocco, western Algeria, and Muslim Spain. Over the course of the century-long lifespan of the Almoravid dynasty, the concept of jihad evolved through four distinct phases: a struggle for righteousness, a war against pagans in the Sahara to impose their own sense of righteousness, war against "bad" Muslims in Sijilmasa and the rest of the Maghrib
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This book offers a scholarly, highly readable account of the 11th-12th century rulers of Morocco and Muslim Spain who offered a full range of meanings of jihad and challenged Ibn Khaldun's paradigm for the rise and fall of regimes.
• Contains sketches of three principle characters (Ibn Yasin, Zaynab, and El Cid) as well as the Koranic inscription and the plan of the Sijilmasa mosque
• Includes maps showing various places in North Africa and Southern Spain discussed in the text
• Photographs of structures, archaeological sites, and coins that are mentioned in the narrative
• A two-section bibliography contains both medieval Arabic sources and modern sources
• The glossary defines place names, tribes, tribal confederations, titles, and technical Islamic terms
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