TABLE DES MATIERES (enrichie des sous-titres) :
Transliterations
Introduction
PART I IMAGING ARABIA
ONE
Islam and Holy War
Generalizations about Islam
The Meaning of Holy War
The Meaning of Jihad
TWO
The Pre-Islamic World
Pre-islamic Arabia
Southern and Northern Arabia
Central Arabia
Bedouin Nomadism
Fate
Honor
Equality
Tribal Solidarity
Raiding and Revenge
Religious Factors
Sacred Time and Sacred Space
Warring in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Signifiance of Jahiliyya
PART II THE QUR'AN AND ITS INTERPRETATION
The Qur'an as Transition Marker from Jahiliyya to Islam
THREE
THE QUR'AN: The Traditional Reading and Its Inherent Weakness
The « Occasions of Revelation » and « Abrogation » Literature
The Classic Evolutionary Theory of War
Qur'anic Legislation on War : The Traditional Schema
Stage One : Nonconfrontation
Stage Two : Defensive Fighting
Stage Three : Initiating Attack Allowed but within the Ancien Strictures
Stage Four : Unconditional Command to Fight All Unbelievers
FOUR The Qur'an on War: A New Reading
The War Verses : A New Organization
The Nonmilitant Verses
Restrictions on Fighting
Conflict between God's Command and the Response of the People
Verses Strongly Advocating War for God's Religion
PART III THE ORAL TRADITION
FIVE
The Prophetic Sunna
The Merits of Warring in the Path of God
Reward for Those Engaging im War
Resistance to Fighting
Deferments
Motivation for Fighting
SIX
The Sira
Muhammad at Mecca
From Restraint to Defensive Fighting
Muhammad at Medina
From Mecca to Medina : The Hijra as Transition Marker
The Medina Agreement
Warring in the Medina Agreement
The Institution of the Umma
SEVEN
Conclusion: From Mundane War to Holy War
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Scriptural Citations
Subject Index