Jihad and Islam in World War I : studies on the Ottoman Jihad on the centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's "Holy war made in Germany" /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Leiden] :
Leiden University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Debates on Islam and society.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. It also discusses the fierce academic debates caused by the Jihad proclamation, in which the 1915 manifesto of Leiden Islam scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje ("Holy War Made in Germany") played a key role. |
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| Item Description: | "The conference 'Jihad and other uses of Islam in World War I ... ' took place in Leiden on 13-14 November, 2014. This volume is based on the papers delivered at that conference." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789400602342 9400602340 9789400602335 9400602332 9789087282509 9087282508 |