War and peace in Islam
By: S.M. Farid Mirbagheri
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780230220614
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General; Peace; War; Islam
Description: The question of conflict in Islam has now for sometime been interpreted in the Western diplomatic circles through the violent actions of fundamentalist groups and amongst many academics through a jurisprudential outlook. This work, however, views war and peace in Islam in a critical theoretical framework, in relation to systemic approaches to International Relations. In so doing it relies heavily on the teachings of Islamic mysticism. It suggests that empowering the individual to control him/herself within, as propounded in Sufism and as opposed to systemic approaches, is a prelude to establishing enduring global peace. Without internal tranquility, external harmony will be next to impossible.