"Islam" means peace
Subtitle: understanding the Muslim principle of nonviolence today
By: Amitabh Pal
Publisher: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780313382901; 9780313382918
Subjects: Nonviolence; Islam; History
Description: "This decisive account of the role of nonviolence in Islam and Muslim societies, both historically and in current times, chronicles an often-obscured but longstanding pacifist tradition."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Inspiration at the roots : sources of nonviolence in Islam; title: At the point of a sword? how Islam actually spread; title: Ignored for no fault of theirs : the Sufis and other pacifist Muslim sects; title: Jihad is not war : grappling with the most controversial aspect of Islam; title: A most improbable tale : nonviolence among the Pashtuns of Pakistan; title: Following in the Mahatma's footsteps : Muslim Gandhians; title: A refusal to cooperate : the struggle of the Kosovar Albanians; title: Not just a land of conflict : nonviolence in the Middle East; title: Struggling against heavy odds : Palestinians and nonviolence; title: To topple dictators without force : peaceful protest in modern South Asia; title: Conclusion.