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001 2011000553
003 DLC
005 20110528084253.0
008 110106s2011 cau b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780313382901 (hard copy : alk. paper)
020 $a0313382905 (hard copy : alk. paper)
020 $a9780313382918 (ebook)
020 $a0313382913 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn606787551
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050 00 $aBP190.5.V56$bP35 2011
082 00 $a297.5/697$222
100 1 $aPal, Amitabh.
245 10 $a"Islam" means peace :$bunderstanding the Muslim principle of nonviolence today /$cAmitabh Pal.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bPraeger,$cc2011.
300 $a276 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
505 0 $aInspiration at the roots : sources of nonviolence in Islam -- At the point of a sword? How Islam actually spread -- Ignored for no fault of theirs : the Sufis and other pacifist Muslim sects -- Jihad is not war : grappling with the most controversial aspect of Islam -- A most improbable tale : nonviolence among the Pashtuns of Pakistan -- Following in the Mahatma's footsteps : Muslim Gandhians -- A refusal to cooperate : the struggle of the Kosovar Albanians -- Not just a land of conflict : nonviolence in the Middle East -- Struggling against heavy odds : Palestinians and nonviolence -- To topple dictators without force : peaceful protest in modern South Asia.
650 0 $aNonviolence$xReligious aspects$xIslam.
650 0 $aNonviolence$zIslamic countries$xHistory.