The transformations brought about by modernity required Jews to re-examine the traditional rabbinic prohibition against war in the light of the times. Within a hundred years the traditional safeguards were effectively removed for the majority of religious Jews that continued to …
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This title explores the development of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish thinking on just war, holy war, and jihad over the past 14 centuries.
In 1105, six years after the crusaders conquered Jerusalem, a Damascene Muslim jurisprudent named 'Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami publicly dictated an extended call to military jihad against the European invaders. His book summoned his Muslim brethren to the jihad and instructed them i…
Against the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk, 'In Defence of War' asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even while it is tragic and morally flawed. Recovering the early Christian tradition of just war thinking Nigel Biggar argues in favour of aggress…
"Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Conflict in Pakistan demonstrates how international law can be applied in Muslim states in a way that is compatible with Islamic law. Within this broader framework of compatible application, Niaz A. Shah argues that the Islamic law…
