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A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' / Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and / that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not / Allowed in The Koran - 1885

Cherágh Ali

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 327 pages

A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' (1885) is a collection of essays by Cherágh Ali. It examines the Quranic concept of jihad, arguing that Muhammad's wars were defensive and that aggressive war or forced conversion is not sanctioned, with appendices on the term jihad and slavery. It offers a valuable historical perspective on reformist Islamic thought in colonial India.

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A
CRITICAL EXPOSITION
OF THE
POPULAR "JIHÁD."
A
CRITICAL EXPOSITION
OF THE
POPULAR "JIHÁD."
SHOWING THAT
ALL THE WARS OF MOHAMMAD WERE DEFENSIVE; AND THAT
AGGRESSIVE WAR, OR COMPULSORY CONVERSION,
IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE KORAN.
WITH APPENDICES
PROVING THAT THE WORD "JIHAD" DOES NOT EXEGETICALLY MEAN
'WARFARE,' AND THAT SLAVERY IS NOT SANCTIONED

BY THE PROPHET OF ISLAM.
BY MOULAVI GHERÁGH ALI,
Author of
"REFORMS UNDER MOSLEM RULE,"
"HYDERABAD (DECCAN) UNDER SIR SALAR JUNG."
CALCUTTA:
THACKER, SPINK AND CO.
1885.
CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO.
NOTE.
I here take the opportunity of removing a wrong idea of
the alleged injunction of the Prophet against our
countrymen the Hindús. The Hon'ble Raja Sivá Prasad, in
his speech at the Legislative Council, on the 9th March,
1883, while discussing the Ilbert Bill, quoted from Amir

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Contents

  1. A CRITICAL EXPOSITION OF THE POPULAR "JIHÁD."
  2. NOTE.
  3. ERRATA.
  4. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
  5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION.
  7. GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE ARABS
  8. ALL THE WARS OF MOHAMMAD WERE DEFENSIVE.
  9. Appendix A
  10. APPENDIX B.
  11. Appendix C.
  12. INDEX.
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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