今日、世界のメディアのいたるところで「ジハード」という言葉を目にしますが、それは「イスラム教徒が大多数を占める社会で、過激派が西洋に対して行う暴力」という文脈で登場するものです。メディアでのこういった使い方が、イスラム教とムスリムに関する一般的な言説を支配し、ジハード主義運動の概念を単純化し、歪曲し、非歴史的な理解を浸透させることに繋がっています。多くのムスリムにとって、本来ジハードが意味するところは、生活のあらゆる場面で道徳的に善良で高貴なものを推進・実行すること、また、道徳的に間違っていて不正なものに抵抗し、阻止するための、継続的な闘いのことなのです。
本書は、ジハード主義運動について、恐怖を煽ったりセンセーショナルに表現したりせずに、議論する必要性に応えるものです。聖典、神学、道徳、倫理、法律、社会政治など、さまざまな観点からジハードについて考察しています。イスラームの形成期から今日に至るまでのジハードの意味について、歴史的・学術的な根拠に基づいた、わかりやすい解説を提供します。
The word "jihad" is everywhere in the global media. It generally appears in the context of violence waged against the West by militants in or from Muslim-majority societies. This usage overwhelmingly colors popular discourse about Islam and Muslims and it has resulted in highly simplistic, distorted, and ahistorical understandings of the concept of jihad. For most Muslims, jihad refers to the continuous human struggle to promote and implement what is morally good and noble in all walks of life, as well as to resist and prevent what is morally wrong and unjust. This book addresses the great need for a discussion of jihad that explores its various dimensions without fear-mongering or sensationalism. Here it is examined from multiple perspectives: scriptural, theological, moral and ethical, legal and socio-political. Asma Afsaruddin looks at the key questions about jihad and provides concise yet thorough answers. Jihad: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a historically-grounded, scholarly yet accessible treatment of the meanings of jihad from the formative period of Islam until the contemporary period.
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Chapter One: Jihad in the Quran and Commentary Literature
Chapter Two: Jihad in the Hadith Literature
Chapter Three: Jihad in the Legal Literature
Chapter Four: Jihad in Morally Edifying, Ethical, and Mystical Literature
Chapter Five: Jihad as Conceived by Modern Revolutionaries and Militants
Chapter Six: Jihad in the Thought of Modern and Contemporary Mainstream Scholars
Chapter Seven: Jihad as Non-Violent Struggle and Peacemaking
Chapter Eight: Jihad and Its Perceptions in the West
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
"Asma Afsaruddin's exciting, cogent and lucid exploration of the many spiritual meanings of 'jihad' for Muslim traditions should force a radical rethinking of this concept among journalists, officials, and thinking people in the North Atlantic world, where it has been misused and demonized in the service of a bigoted Islamophobia." -- Juan Cole, author of Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires
ISBN : 9780190647322
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