- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part one The Early Islamic Conquests
- 1 Religious Services for Byzantine Soldiers and the Possibility of Martyrdom, c. 400–c. 1000
- 2 In Defense of All Houses of Worship?
- 3 God’s War and His Warriors
- Part Two The Crusades
- 4 Imagining the Enemy
- 5 Ibn ‘Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Crusader-Era Syria
- 6 Angles of Influence
- 7 Religious War in the Works of Maimonides
- Part Three Gunpowder Empires, Christian and Muslim
- 8 Martyrdom and Modernity
- 9 Ottoman Conceptions of War and Peace in the Classical Period
- 10 Islam and Christianity in the Works of Gentili, Grotius, and Pufendorf
- Part Four European Imperialism
- 11 Just War and Jihad in the French Conquest of Algeria
- 12 Jihad, <i>Hijra</i>, and Hajj in West Africa
- 13 Jihads and Crusades in Sudan from 1881 to the Present
- 14 The Trained Triumphant Soldiers of the Prophet Muhammad
- 15 Muslim Debates on Jihad in British India
- Part Five International Law and Outlaws
- 16 Jihad and the Geneva Conventions
- 17 The Jewish Law of War
- 18 Fighting to Create the Just State
- 19 How Has the Global Salafi Terrorist Movement Affected Western Just War Thinking?
- Conclusion
- Index
Ibn ‘Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Crusader-Era Syria
Ibn ‘Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Crusader-Era Syria
- Chapter:
- (p.107) 5 Ibn ‘Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Crusader-Era Syria
- Source:
- Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads
- Author(s):
Suleiman A. Mourad
James E. Lindsay
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The arrival of the crusaders in Syria led several scholars to rally the Muslims around a renewed ideology of jihad. This chapter examines the work of Ibn ‘Asakir of Damascus (d. 1176). His works offer our best source of information on the types of religious radicalization that occurred during the first period of crusader presence (that is prior to the emergence of Saladin and the Third Crusade), especially in the Muslim understanding and attitude toward the duty of jihad.
Keywords: Ibn ‘Asakir, Crusades, jihad, Damascus, radicalization, Saladin
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part one The Early Islamic Conquests
- 1 Religious Services for Byzantine Soldiers and the Possibility of Martyrdom, c. 400–c. 1000
- 2 In Defense of All Houses of Worship?
- 3 God’s War and His Warriors
- Part Two The Crusades
- 4 Imagining the Enemy
- 5 Ibn ‘Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Crusader-Era Syria
- 6 Angles of Influence
- 7 Religious War in the Works of Maimonides
- Part Three Gunpowder Empires, Christian and Muslim
- 8 Martyrdom and Modernity
- 9 Ottoman Conceptions of War and Peace in the Classical Period
- 10 Islam and Christianity in the Works of Gentili, Grotius, and Pufendorf
- Part Four European Imperialism
- 11 Just War and Jihad in the French Conquest of Algeria
- 12 Jihad, <i>Hijra</i>, and Hajj in West Africa
- 13 Jihads and Crusades in Sudan from 1881 to the Present
- 14 The Trained Triumphant Soldiers of the Prophet Muhammad
- 15 Muslim Debates on Jihad in British India
- Part Five International Law and Outlaws
- 16 Jihad and the Geneva Conventions
- 17 The Jewish Law of War
- 18 Fighting to Create the Just State
- 19 How Has the Global Salafi Terrorist Movement Affected Western Just War Thinking?
- Conclusion
- Index
