Ending Oppression and Establishing Justice
Hassan, Fazal
This book examines the justification for using armed force throughout Islam''s history. Special emphasis will be made to the following three terms, harb, jihad, and qital. These three words translate into war, struggle, and fight respectively. Not only are these terms the catalyst for the expansion of Islam in its first century, 632 to 732, but they have also contributed to many ideologies. The origins for such ideas begin in the seventh centu...