Jihad and Genocide

By (author) Richard L. Rubenstein

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Publication date:

16 January 2010

Length of book:

262 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442201989

This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing questions in a time when questions of religious co-existence, particularly in the Middle East, are discussed urgently each day.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Domain of Islam and the Domain of War
Chapter 2: Jihad and Genocide: The Case of the Armenians
Chapter 3: The Nazi-Muslim Connection and Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem
Chapter 4: On Jihad, Oil, and Anti-Semitism
Chapter 5: Iran: Apocalyptic Nuclear Genocide
Chapter 6: The Fruits of Rage

Rubenstein's discussion of the ideological rationale of the Islamists underlines the irreconcilable gap between Western and Muslim political concepts. Rubenstein methodically explores the sources, the ideological connections, and the common policies of Nazi, Fascist and Muslim leaders. Written in a clear style, Rubenstein's book evokes in simple language, the most crucial issues of our time.