Beyond jihad : the pacifist tradition in West African Islam

Beyond jihad : the pacifist tradition in West African Islam / Lamin O. Sanneh.

Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-that believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and...

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Main Author: Sanneh, Lamin O. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Islam > Africa, West.
Islam > Relations.
Pacifism > Religious aspects > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Pacifism > Religious aspects > Islam
Interfaith relations
Islam
Islamisierung
Pazifismus
West Africa
Westafrika
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Summary:Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-that believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and forced them to convert. Lamin Sanneh argues that this is far from the case. Beyond Jihad examines the origin and evolution of the Muslim African pacifist tradition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 252 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199351626
0199351627
9780199351640
0199351643
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