Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran (Religion & War in Revolution)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 3, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781860644078
Subjects: Islam; Islamic studies; Warfare & Defence; c 1980 to c 1990; Military History - Modern; Islamic Government; History; Religion - Church History; Religion; Iran; Political History; Christianity - History - General; Islam - General; Religion / Islam; Middle East - General; Military & War
First sentence: On 22 September 1980 the simmering conflict between Iraq and Iran turned into in a full-scale war when Iraq struck at ten Iranian civil and military airports and occupied Iranian territory along the entire border between the two countries.
Description: <">How did Iran's clergy justify their country's devastating eight-year war with Iraq? Seeking to rationalize Iran's war in Islamic theological terms, this study examines Iran's conduct up until the cease-fire and acceptance of Resolution 598 in 1988. The author offers an explanation of each policy and action of Iran's clerical leaders with reference to the Qur'an, theological writings and tradition, and Islamic historical precedent. The concepts of nationalism and the Islamic nation-state, pan-Islamism and international relations are all discussed in the context of Iran's policy of total war.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.