Building The Caliphate

Author : Jennifer A. Pruitt
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300246827

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Building the Caliphate by Jennifer A. Pruitt Pdf

A riveting exploration of how the Fatimid dynasty carefully orchestrated an architectural program that proclaimed their legitimacy This groundbreaking study investigates the early architecture of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shi‘i Muslim dynasty that dominated the Mediterranean world from the 10th to the 12th century. This period, considered a golden age of multicultural and interfaith tolerance, witnessed the construction of iconic structures, including Cairo’s al-Azhar and al-Hakim mosques and crucial renovations to Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock and Aqsa Mosque. However, it also featured large-scale destruction of churches under the notorious reign of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, most notably the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Jennifer A. Pruitt offers a new interpretation of these and other key moments in the history of Islamic architecture, using newly available medieval primary sources by Ismaili writers and rarely considered Arabic Christian sources. Building the Caliphate contextualizes early Fatimid architecture within the wider Mediterranean and Islamic world and demonstrates how rulers manipulated architectural form and urban topographies to express political legitimacy on a global stage.

Author : T. W. Arnold
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9788894948363

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The Caliphate by T. W. Arnold Pdf

Author : Christina Hartmann
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000653885

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Changes in Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the "Islamic State" by Christina Hartmann Pdf

Changes in Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the "Islamic State" explores how the transnational jihadi discourse changed with the development of the "Islamic State" terrorist group and resulted in the fragmentation of the jihadi movement. From the Middle East, through Africa to South East Asia, today’s jihadi movement is more fragmented than ever. Al-Qaida and the "Islamic State" compete not only with each other but also with local jihadi groups. Despite the fact that, in the wake of the "Islamic State", international jihadi groups are in fierce competition for supporters, little has been said on how the process of competition as well as external events changed the ideology of these groups and the topics relevant to them. Countering dominant research focusing on the differences between jihadi strains, this book explores how the appearance and temporary strength of the "Islamic State" changed the topics and talking points of other jihadi actors, such as al-Qaida. By analyzing primary sources in Arabic and English, the author sheds light on the inner- and inter-jihadi discourse and its development over the years. The book does not simply describe changes in topics; it traces these changes quantitatively and relates them to external events. This book is aimed at academics, researchers, and postgraduate students interested in political science, security studies, jihadism, jihadi discourse, al-Qaida, "Islamic State", and Salafism, as well as practitioners and decision-makers in government agencies who wish to understand how transnational jihadi discourse has developed over the previous two decades.

Author : G. Le Strange
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351625340

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Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate by G. Le Strange Pdf

The history of Baghdad as a metropolis coincides with the history of the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphs. In this volume, first published in 1900 and written by a recognized authority in the field, the history of the city and of the Abbasid dynasty are closely interwoven so that, from a scholarly blending of contemporary records and discursive narrative, an accurate picture emerges of the state and society within the capital of the Muslim world during the period from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries.

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141981413

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The Caliphate by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

What is a caliphate? Who can be caliph? And how are contemporary ideologues such as ISIS reviving - and abusing - the term today? In the first modern account of a subject of critical importance today, acclaimed historian Hugh Kennedy answers these questions by chronicling the rich history of the caliphate, from the death of Muhammad to the present. At its height, the caliphate stretched from Spain to China and was the most powerful political entity in western Eurasia. In an era when Paris and London boasted a few thousand inhabitants, Baghdad and Cairo were sophisticated centres of trade and culture, and the Ummayad and Abbasid caliphates were distinguished by extraordinary advances in science, medicine and architecture. By ending with the recent re-emergence of caliphal ideology within fundamentalist Islam, The Caliphate underscores why it is crucial that we understand this form of Islamic government before groups such as ISIS distort its practice completely.

Author : Stephanie Dornschneider
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812292015

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Whether to Kill by Stephanie Dornschneider Pdf

What drives some to violence against the state while others, living in the same place at the same time, turn to nonviolent resistance? And in this age of Islamist terrorism and Islamophobia, does the practice of Islam encourage violence? Structural explanations of violence fail to answer these questions. In Whether to Kill, Stephanie Dornschneider applies the methodology of cognitive mapping to study the beliefs that motivate individuals to take up arms or engage in nonviolent activism. Using a double-paired comparison with control groups, Dornschneider conducted extensive ethnographic interviews with violent and nonviolent Muslims and non-Muslims in both Egypt and Germany, speaking with them about their lives and contexts and what drove them to resist the state. After coding their responses into cognitive maps, which make visible the connections between an individual's beliefs and decisions for behavior, Dornschneider used a computer model to analyze the huge number of possible factors driving people to choose or not choose violence, eventually identifying ten reasoning processes by which violent individuals can be differentiated from nonviolent ones. Whether to Kill takes a new approach to understanding terrorism. Through first-person accounts of those involved in both violent and nonviolent action against the state—from members of groups as diverse as the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Jihad, the Socialist German Student Union, and the Red Army Faction—then analyzing that data via cognitive mapping, Stephanie Dornschneider has opened up new perspectives on what drives people to—or away from—the use of political violence.

Author : G. Le Strange
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666773071

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The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate by G. Le Strange Pdf

Author : Hashim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787380592

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The Caliphate at War by Hashim Pdf

ISIS’s astonishing and unexpected military victories in 2014 and 2015 redrew the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention focused on the organisation’s savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters, but as this dispassionate book demonstrates it also made important innovations in strategy, ideology and governance. Ahmed S. Hashim argues that by focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism — rather than on Western ‘infidels’ — ISIS’ founders were able to present themselves as the saviours of what they saw as the embattled Sunni ‘nation’ in Iraq. This enabled them to win the support of Sunni communities. Moreover, ISIS’ stunning ability to take major cities was a result of its innovative tactics. It sowed terror in advance of its attacks by using targeted assassinations to kill key city leaders, and its decentralised regional command structure facilitated an unusual degree of coordination between small assault units. At the same time the organisation made a serious effort to engage in state-building and population control. By going beyond the often starkly unpleasant current affairs of the Islamic State, The Caliphate at War undertakes an essential investigation into the successes of the group, to better understand how the movement has survived, thrived, and reshaped the Middle East.

Author : Michális Michael
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137493156

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Reconciling Cultural and Political Identities in a Globalized World by Michális Michael Pdf

Though geographically far apart, Turkey and Australia are much closer than many would think. This collection provides a relevant, comparative and comprehensive study of two countries seeking to reconcile their history with their geography.

Author : Ahmed S. Hashim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190668495

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The Caliphate at War by Ahmed S. Hashim Pdf

The military victories of the Islamic State have completely overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on Islamic State's savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. In 2011, the first effort to build an Islamic State in Iraq was defeated by US and Iraqi forces. The second attempt to establish themselves, beginning in 2014, has been considerably more successful and that success calls for deeper investigation. In order to explain the successes of Islamic State, The Caliphate at War brings together a dispassionate and objective account of the significant innovations in insurgency, ideology, and governance. By focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism - rather than on Western "infidels" - the Islamic State's founders are able to present themselves as the saviors of what they see as the embattled Sunni "nation" in Iraq. Its success in taking and holding major cities, including Mosul, demonstrates its innovative tactics and skill at exploiting tribal and sectarian rivalries. By going beyond the often starkly unpleasant current affairs of the Islamic State, The Caliphate at War undertakes an essential investigation into the successes of the group, to better understand how the movement is surviving, thriving, and reshaping the Middle East.

Author : Tayeb El-Hibri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107183247

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The Abbasid Caliphate by Tayeb El-Hibri Pdf

A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, this study examines the Caliphate as an empire and an institution, and its imprint on the society and culture of classical Islamic civilization.

Author : Mondani, Hernan,Rostami, Amir,Askanius, Tina,Sarnecki, Jerzy
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789289369916

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Women in violent extremism in Sweden by Mondani, Hernan,Rostami, Amir,Askanius, Tina,Sarnecki, Jerzy Pdf

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-513/ The report analyses women in violent extremism based on contemporary data for Sweden. Statistics are presented across various demographic and criminal indicators for violent far-left, far-right and Islamic extremistm, compared to same-sex siblings, to men in the same violent extremist milieus and to women in other antagonistic milieus. There are both similarities and differences between groups. Women in violent Islamic extremism have the weakest labor market attachment and the highest social welfare uptake. Women in violent far-right extremism have the lowest levels of education. The comparison between women in violent extremism and their biological sisters suggests a link between crime, social problems and extremism. When controlling for family background, women associated with violent extremism seem to have more extensive problems than their sisters without such (known) connections.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015084509663

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Building by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004516458

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Building between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Lands by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the construction processes and the mechanisms of transmission of knowledge between the eastern and western Mediterranean lands from the late Roman period to the early centuries of Islam.

Author : H. A. R. Gibb,E. van Donzel,P. J. Bearman,J. van Lent
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 9004106332

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The Encyclopaedia of Islam by H. A. R. Gibb,E. van Donzel,P. J. Bearman,J. van Lent Pdf

Oleg Grabar, 'Michael Meinecke and His Last Book.' Thomas Leisten, 'Mashhad al-Nasr: Monuments of War and Victory in Medieval Islamic Art.' Jere L. Bacharach, 'Marwanid Umayyad Building Activities: Speculations on Patronage.' Nuha N.N. Khoury, 'The Meaning of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the Tenth Century.' Nasser Rabbat, 'Al-Azhar Mosque: An Architectural Chronicle of Cairo's History.' Howyda N. Al-Harithy, 'The Complex of Sultan Hasan in Cairo: Reading between the Lines.' Michael Cooperson, 'Baghdad in Rhetoric and Narrative.' Aptullah Kuran, 'A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul.' Filiz aĥman and Zeren Tanindi, 'Remarks on Some Manuscripts at the Topkapi Palace Treasury in the Context of Ottoman-Safavid Relations.' Yildirim Yavuz, 'The 1922-26 Restoration Project of the Masjid al-Aqsa by Mimar Kemalettin.' Anthony Welch, 'A Medieval Center of Learning in India: The Haus Khas in Delhi.' Alpay zdural, 'On Interlocking Similar or Corresponding Figures and Ornamental Patterns of Cubic Equations.'