JIHAD BEYOND ISLAM

By (author)GABRIELE MARRAN

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‘Jihad’ is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as ‘Holy War’, it has become synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to take account of the subtlety and complexity of jihad. Like many concepts with a long history, different cultural ideas have influenced the religious aspects of jihad. As a result its original meaning has been adapted, modified and destabilized – never more than at the present time. How does jihad manifest itself in Muslims’ everyday lives? What impact has 9/11 and its backlash had on jihad? By observing the current crisis of identity among ordinary Muslims, this timely book explores why, and in what circumstances Muslims speak of jihad. In the end, jihad is what Muslims say it is. Marranci offers us a nuanced and sophisticated anthropological understanding of Muslims’ lives far beyond the predictable clichés.
ISBN: 1845201582
Publisher: BERG

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1845201582
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2006
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184
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Gabriele Marranci completed his PhD in anthropology with a thesis focusing on Muslim identity in Northern Ireland. He also conducted fieldwork in Italy, France and recently in Scotland about the local Muslim communities. Interested in the different cultural aspects of the Islamic world, such as music, arts and language, he has developed a particular interest about the relation between Islam and modernity and how Muslim identity is constructed in migration contexts. He has published articles and presented papers at international conferences about Islam and gender, fundamentalism, Islamophobia, education, and post-11 September assimilation and multiculturalism.
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