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LEADER: 01714cam a22003374a 4500
001 2003058644
003 DLC
005 20110823084640.0
008 030813s2003 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003058644
020 $a0415328144
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm52858537
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aBP182$b.A436 2003
082 00 $a297.7/2/09$222
100 1 $aAkbar, M. J.
245 14 $aThe shade of swords :$bjihad and the conflict between Islam and Christianity /$cM.J. Akbar.
250 $aPbk. ed.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2003.
300 $axxv, 338 p. ;$c20 cm.
500 $a"Updated to include the second Gulf War."--Cover, p. [1].
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-287) and index.
505 0 $aChapter and verse -- The joys of death : a bargain with Allah -- Rebellions in the dark of the night -- A map of Islam -- Circle of hell -- Allah! Muhammad! Saladin! -- The doors of Europe -- Jihad in the east : a crescent over Delhi -- The holy sea : pepper and power -- The bargain goes sour -- The wedge and the gate -- History as anger, Jihad as non-violence -- Islam in danger zone -- Jinnah redux and the age of Osama -- Saddam, Bush and the Shia Jihad.
650 0 $aJihad$xHistory.
650 0 $aIslam$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial conflict$xReligious aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aIslam$xRelations$xChristianity.
650 0 $aChristianity and other religions$xIslam.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003058644-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2003058644-b.html