The shade of swords : Jihad and the conflict between Islam and Christianity / M.J. Akbar.
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TextPublisher: London, New York, New Delhi : Routledge, 2003Edition: First EditionDescription: xxv, 338 pagesContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415328144
- 210.423 M J A
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"Updated to include the second Gulf War."--Cover, p. [1].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-287) and index.
Chapter and verse -- The joys of death : a bargain with Allah -- Rebellions in the dark of the night -- A map of Islam -- Circle of hell -- Allah! Muhammad! Saladin! -- The doors of Europe -- Jihad in the east : a crescent over Delhi -- The holy sea : pepper and power -- The bargain goes sour -- The wedge and the gate -- History as anger, Jihad as non-violence -- Islam in danger zone -- Jinnah redux and the age of Osama -- Saddam, Bush and the Shia Jihad.
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