num_pages: 373
description: The meanings of jihad have been highly contested over time. They have ranged from the philosophical struggle to live ethically to the political injunction to fight the enemies of Islam. In this book, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle as it has been applied in South Asian history.
language: English
title: Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia
publisher: Harvard University Press