Author: David Cook
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815631958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of classical and contemporary Islam, this book is the first scholarly work to cover this disparate but influential body of writing. David Cook puts the literature in context by examining not only the ideological concerns prompting apocalyptic material but its interconnection with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Arab relations with the United States and other Western nations, and the role of violence in the Middle East. Cook suggests that Islam began as an apocalyptic movement and has retained a strong apocalyptic and messianic trend. One of his most striking discoveries is the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic beliefs. He trenchantly discusses the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic writing, tracing anti-Semitic strains in Islamist thought in part to Western texts and traditions. Through a meticulous reading of current documents, incorporating everything from exegesis of holy texts to supernatural phenomena, Cook shows how radical Muslims, including members of al-Qa'ida, may have applied these ideas to their own agendas. By exposing the undergrowth of popular beliefs contributing to religion-driven terrorism, this book casts new light on today's political conflicts.

Author: Nu'aym B. Hammad Al-marwazi
Publisher: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology
ISBN: 9781474444088
Category : End of the world (Islam)
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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The first annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work The Book of Tribulations - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author: Jean-Pierre Filiu
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520264312
Category : Islam and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand. Jean-Pierre Filiu uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries, and highlights its extraordinary resurgence in recent decades.

Author: Nu'aym b. Hammad al-Marwazi
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474424112
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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This is an annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work 'The Book of Tribulations' - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author: Nuʻaym ibn Ḥammād Khuzāʻī
Publisher: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy
ISBN: 9781474424103
Category : End of the world (Islam)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The first annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work The Book of Tribulations - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author: David Cook
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783959941204
Category : Apocalyptic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A detailed study on the nature of Muslim apocalyptic material in Islam, both Sunnī and Shīʿī. Taking a transcultural perspective by also discussing Christian and Jewish apocalyptic traditions, it offers in eight studies and three appendices a typology of apocalypses and many new insights into the matter. For instance, historical apocalypses as well as apocalyptic figures, like the Dajjāl, the Sufyānī and the Mahdī are discussed. Moreover, apocalyptic ḥadīth literature, in particular Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād's (d. 844) Kitāb al-Fitan, and apocalyptic material in tafsīr works are presented. The author argues for a comprehensive understanding of this important feature of the Islamic religious tradition. "... a reference tool and a starting point for students in their study of early Islam" (Sajjad Rizvi)

Author: David Cook
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520244486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at a range of sources from sacred Islamic texts to modern interpretations, [This book] opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. [The author] also describes some of the conflicts that occur in radical groups and shows how the more mainstream supporters of these groups have come to understand and justify violence.-Back cover.

Author: Suzanne Schneider
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1839762411
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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How the political violence of modern jihad echoes the crises of western liberalism In this authoritative, accessible study, historian Suzanne Schneider examines the politics and ideology of the Islamic State (better known as ISIS). Schneider argues that today’s jihad is not the residue from a less enlightened time, nor does it have much in common with its classical or medieval form, but it does bear a striking resemblance to the reactionary political formations and acts of spectacular violence that are upending life in Western democracies. From authoritarian populism to mass shootings, xenophobic nationalism, and the allure of conspiratorial thinking, Schneider argues that modern jihad is not the antithesis to western neoliberalism, but rather a dark reflection of its inner logic. Written with the sensibility of a political theorist and based on extensive research into a wide range of sources, from Islamic jurisprudence to popular recruitment videos, contemporary apocalyptic literature and the Islamic State's Arabic-language publications, the book explores modern jihad as an image of a potential dark future already heralded by neoliberal modes of life. Surveying ideas of the state, violence, identity, and political community, Schneider argues that modern jihad and neoliberalism are two versions of a politics of failure: the inability to imagine a better life here on earth.

Author: Ostransky Bronislav Ostransky
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474439268
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Focusing on apocalyptic manifestations found in ISIS propaganda, this book situates the group's agenda in the broader framework of contemporary Muslim thought and explains key topics in millennial thinking within the spiritual context of modern Islamic apocalypticism.Based on the group's primary sources as well as medieval Muslim apocalyptic literature and its modern interpretations, the book analyses the ways ISIS presents its message concerning the Last Days as a meaningful, inventive and frightening expression of collectively shared expectations relating to the supposedly approaching the End Times.

Author: David Cook
Publisher: Darwin Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Cook argues that apocalyptic ideas seeped into Islam from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism, among which it grew during its first century, primarily in Syria.