Twenty-first century Jihad : law, society and military action / [Book] : edited by Elisabeth Kendall and Ewan Stein. - First South Asian edition 2016. - xiv, 358 pages : ; 22 cm.

The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts, jihad has multiple resonances and associations, its meaning shifting over time and from place to place.--

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Jihad--21st century.--History
Jihad--Social aspects.
War--Islam.--Religious aspects
Islam and politics.
Jihad (heligt krig)--historia.
Islam och politik.
Jihad (heligt krig)--sociala aspekter.

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