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11 - Islam and the Just War Tradition

Postclassical Developments

from Part II - Just War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
David Cook
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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Summary

Postclassical Muslim just war developments focused upon dealing with the twin challenges of the Crusades and the Mongols, both of which occupied substantial sections of the Muslim world as well as constituting religious challenges to Islam. These challenges were overcome by moving away from the earlier heroic manner of Muslim sacral warfare and adopting a more professional, technology-based military that at least attempted to assimilate standard Sunni Muslim norms (in terms of personal morality) into the military methodology. The expansion of Islam from the 13th to the 17th centuries demonstrated that this formula was a success.

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jihādCrusadesMongolsmangonels
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 255 - 268
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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