Holiest wars: Islamic Mahdis, their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden/
Furnish, Timothy R.
Holiest wars: Islamic Mahdis, their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden/ Timothy R. Furnish ; foreword by Michael Rubin. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2005. - viii, 180 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is Mahdism and where does it come from? -- Mahdist movements throughout history -- Counter-Mahdist rationales and policies -- -- The virtual Mahdi today -- Modern Muslim anti-Mahdists -- Conclusion : who will be the next Mahdi?.
0275983838 (alk. paper)
Mahdism--History of doctrines.
Jihad.
Islamic fundamentalism.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam
297.24 / FUR/H
Holiest wars: Islamic Mahdis, their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden/ Timothy R. Furnish ; foreword by Michael Rubin. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2005. - viii, 180 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is Mahdism and where does it come from? -- Mahdist movements throughout history -- Counter-Mahdist rationales and policies -- -- The virtual Mahdi today -- Modern Muslim anti-Mahdists -- Conclusion : who will be the next Mahdi?.
0275983838 (alk. paper)
Mahdism--History of doctrines.
Jihad.
Islamic fundamentalism.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam
297.24 / FUR/H