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An Islamic Jihad of Nonviolence
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Artikel-Nr:
9781532657566
Veröffentl:
2019
Einband:
HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.01.2019
Seiten:
150
Autor:
Salih Sayilgan
Gewicht:
380 g
Format:
235x157x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Salih Sayilgan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at Wesley Theological Seminary. He lives with his family in Virginia.
Today Islam is often associated with violence, more so than other world religions. In the center of this reception of Islam is the concept of jihad, which has been distorted by many. On the one hand, there are some Muslims who take jihad as a reference point for their violent crimes against innocent people. On the other hand, the concept is intentionally used to promote fear against Islam and its adherents. This study challenges these presentations of jihad by exploring the late Muslim theologian Said Nursi's jihad of nonviolence. The book shows how Nursi's teaching concerning nonviolent struggle, reconciliation, and religious tolerance has much in common with Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.