Apocalypse in Islam
By: Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.
Contributors: DeBevoise, M. B.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520264311
Subjects: Islamic eschatology; Political messianism -- Islamic countries; Islamic fundamentalism; Islam and politics; Jihad
Work titles: Apocalypse dans l'islam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the end of the world draws nigh; title: True and false messiahs of Islam; title: The archeology of end times; title: The grand masters of the medieval apocalypse; title: Avatars of the Mahdi; title: Apocalypse now; title: The dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam; title: Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse; title: The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad; title: The beginning of the end in Iraq; title: The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi; title: Diasporas of the apocalypse; title: The armageddon of jihad; title: Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond.