This volume brings together some of the leading researchers on early Islamic history and thought to study the legitimacy of violence.

This volume brings together some of the leading researchers on early Islamic history and thought to study the legitimacy of violence.

How was violence justified in early Islam? What role did violent actions play in the formation and maintenance of the Muslim political order? How did Muslim thi

This book examines how violent acts were assessed by Muslim intellectuals, analysing both changes and continuity within Islamic thought over time.

In popular and academic literature, jihad is predominantly assumed to refer exclusively to armed combat, and martyrdom in the Islamic context is understood to b