The Soldiers of Allah
The Soldiers of Allah

Author: David Miller

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-07-10

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1644925907

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David L. Miller has intelligently taken the Islamic religion apart, unveiling the origins of Islam, and the many ways in which its adherents interpret the Qur'an today. With great detail, he explores concepts such as jihad, intifada, shari'ah, and fatwah""terms with which many of us are only superficially familiar. Soldiers of Allah is a valuable resource for missionaries and anyone called to serve in the Islamic world. It also offers much-needed insight into a religious culture with which we are interacting more often today. Soldiers of Allah explains: HOW THE REVELATIONS OF MOHAMMED BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE ISLAMIC RELGION WHY THE QUR'AN IS INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY AMONG ISLAMIC DENOMINATIONS WHY AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE CANNOT COEXIST WITH SHARI'AH LAW WHY ALLAH IS NOT ANOTHER NAME FOR JEHOVAH Some may question the author's conclusions, but Mr. Miller has spent years in his research. He has an extremely broad personal and professional knowledge of this subject.

And God Knows the Soldiers
And God Knows the Soldiers

Author: Khaled M. Abou El Fadl

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001-08-28

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1461677351

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This is a substantially expanded edition of the author's seminal work The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study. Beginning with the case study of a Muslim basketball player who refused to stand up while the American national anthem was playing, the author documents the disintegration of the Islamic juristic tradition, and the prevalence of authoritarianism in contemporary Muslim discourses. The author analyzes the rise of what he describes as puritan and despotic trends in modern Islam, and asserts that such trends nullify the richness and diversity of the Islamic tradition. By declaring themselves the true soldiers of God and the defenders of religion, Muslim puritan movements are able to degrade women, eradicate critical thinking, and empty Islam of its moral content. In effect, the author argues, the self-declared protectors of Islam become its despots and oppressors who suppress the dynamism and vigor of the Islamic message. Anchoring himself in the rich Islamic jurisprudential tradition, the author argues for upholding the authoritativeness of the religious text without succumbing to authoritarian methodologies of interpretation. Ultimately, the author asserts that in order to respect the integrity of the Divine laws it is necessary to adopt rigorous analytical methodologies of interpretation, and to re-investigate the place of morality in modern Islam.

Soldiers of God
Soldiers of God

Author: Robert D. Kaplan

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2008-12-24

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0307546985

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First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In Soldiers of God we follow Kaplan’s extraordinary journey and learn how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the defining international conflagration of the twenty-first century. Kaplan returns a decade later and brings to life a lawless frontier. What he reveals is astonishing: teeming refugee camps on the deeply contentious Pakistan-Afghanistan border; a war front that combines primitive fighters with the most technologically advanced weapons known to man; rigorous Islamic indoctrination academies; a land of minefields plagued by drought, fierce tribalism, insurmountable ethnic and religious divisions, an abysmal literacy rate, and legions of war orphans who seek stability in military brotherhood. Traveling alongside Islamic guerrilla fighters, sharing their food, observing their piety in the face of deprivation, and witnessing their determination, Kaplan offers a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of a people and a country that are at the center of world events.

Onward Muslim Soldiers
Onward Muslim Soldiers

Author: Robert Spencer

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-02-05

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1621571165

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In "Onward Muslim Soldiers," the author of "Islam Unveiled" reveals why the threat of violent jihad is growing daily, despite America's recent victory in Iraq. Spencer uncovers the cause of global violence as he goes straight to Muslim sources

Slave Soldiers and Islam
Slave Soldiers and Islam

Author: Daniel Pipes

Publisher: Daniel Pipes

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0300024479

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De islamiske religiøse idealer medførte, at muslimerne ikke gerne engagerede sig i krig eller regeringsanliggender, hvorfor de gennem tiderne systematisk skaffede sig udenlandske slaver, som blev uddannet og anvendt som professionelle soldater, første gang omkring 815-820, f.eks. er det berømte tyrkiske janitscharkorps, der bestod af osmanniske elitesoldater, skabt i det sene 1300 tal af kristne krigsfanger.

Allah is Not Obliged
Allah is Not Obliged

Author: Ahmadou Kourouma

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0307793842

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ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED TO BE FAIR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DOES HERE ON EARTH.These are the words of the boy soldier Birahima in the final masterpiece by one of Africa’s most celebrated writers, Ahmadou Kourouma. When ten-year-old Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village in the Ivory Coast, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima is given a Kalashnikov, minimal rations of food, a small supply of dope and a tiny wage. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity. Raw and unforgettable, despairing yet filled with laughter, Allah Is Not Obliged reveals the ways in which children's innocence and youth are compromised by war.

Allah's Angels
Allah's Angels

Author: Paul J Murphy

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1612510132

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In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy challenges conventional thinking on why they fight and are willing to kill themselves in the name of Allah. His book covers the two wars with Russia in 1994 and 1999 and the present conflict with Islamic Jihadists. It argues that these wars forced Chechen women to venture far beyond their traditional roles and advance their human rights but that the current movement championing traditional Islam is taking those rights away. Drawing on personal interviews, insider resources, and other materials, Murphy presents powerful portrayals of women who fight in the Chechen Jihad, including snipers, suicide bombers and the mysterious “Black Widows,” as well as women who collect intelligence, hide arms, and perform other non-combatant roles.

An Evening at the Garden of Allah
An Evening at the Garden of Allah

Author: Don Paulson

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780231096980

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Within the pages of this book lies the story of the community of lesbians and gays that blossomed around America's first gay-owned cabaret, the Garden of Allah, in seedy downtown Seattle.

The Spiders of Allah
The Spiders of Allah

Author: James Hider

Publisher: Black Swan Books, Limited

Published: 2010-01-07

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 9780552775496

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The bloodshed perpetrated in the name of religion in the world today is nowhere more obvious than in the Middle East. Whether we are talking about hardcore Zionist settlers still fighting ancient Biblical battles in the hills of the West Bank or Shiite death squads roaming the lawless streets of Iraq in the aftermath of Saddam; whether it's the misappropriation and martyrdom of Mickey Mouse by Gaza's Islamists, or a US president acting on God's orders, James Hider sees the hallucinatory effect of what he calls the 'crack cocaine of fanatical fundamentalism' all around him. As James Hider travels around the Middle East, from Israel to Gaza, to Iraq ­and then back to Jerusalem, he takes his doubts about religious beliefs to the very heart of the world's holy wars. He meets terrorists and their victims, soldiers and clerics, ordinary people and extraordinary people. The question in the back of his mind is: how can people not only believe in all this madness, but die and kill for it too? This timely book casts an unflinching yet compassionate eye on the very worst and most violent crimes committed in the name of religion and asks questions that the world needs to answer if we are to stand a chance of facing our own worst demons.