Holiest wars
Subtitle: Islamic Mahdis, their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden
By: Timothy R. Furnish ; foreword by Michael Rubin.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Mahdism -- History of doctrines.; Jihad.; Islamic fundamentalism.; War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Islam -- 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is Mahdism and where does it come from?; title: Mahdist movements throughout history; title: Counter-Mahdist rationales and policies; title: The virtual Mahdi today; title: Modern Muslim anti-Mahdists; title: Conclusion : who will be the next Mahdi?.