"Islam" means peace : understanding the Muslim principle of nonviolence today /
Pal, Amitabh.
"Islam" means peace : understanding the Muslim principle of nonviolence today / Amitabh Pal. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011. - 276 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
Inspiration at the roots : sources of nonviolence in Islam -- At the point of a sword? How Islam actually spread -- Ignored for no fault of theirs : the Sufis and other pacifist Muslim sects -- Jihad is not war : grappling with the most controversial aspect of Islam -- A most improbable tale : nonviolence among the Pashtuns of Pakistan -- Following in the Mahatma's footsteps : Muslim Gandhians -- A refusal to cooperate : the struggle of the Kosovar Albanians -- Not just a land of conflict : nonviolence in the Middle East -- Struggling against heavy odds : Palestinians and nonviolence -- To topple dictators without force : peaceful protest in modern South Asia.
9780313382901 (hard copy : alk. paper) RM138.45 0313382905 (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780313382918 (ebook) 0313382913 (ebook)
2011-000553
Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Islam
Nonviolence--History--Islamic countries
"Islam" means peace : understanding the Muslim principle of nonviolence today / Amitabh Pal. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011. - 276 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
Inspiration at the roots : sources of nonviolence in Islam -- At the point of a sword? How Islam actually spread -- Ignored for no fault of theirs : the Sufis and other pacifist Muslim sects -- Jihad is not war : grappling with the most controversial aspect of Islam -- A most improbable tale : nonviolence among the Pashtuns of Pakistan -- Following in the Mahatma's footsteps : Muslim Gandhians -- A refusal to cooperate : the struggle of the Kosovar Albanians -- Not just a land of conflict : nonviolence in the Middle East -- Struggling against heavy odds : Palestinians and nonviolence -- To topple dictators without force : peaceful protest in modern South Asia.
9780313382901 (hard copy : alk. paper) RM138.45 0313382905 (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780313382918 (ebook) 0313382913 (ebook)
2011-000553
Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Islam
Nonviolence--History--Islamic countries