Peace Movements in Islam

History, Religion, and Politics

Juan Cole

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English

I.B. Tauris
16 December 2021

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Middle Eastern history; Islamic studies

Contrary to the distorted and in many places all-too prevalent view of Islam as somehow inherently or uniquely violent, there is a dazzling array of Muslim organizations and individuals that have worked for harmony and conciliation through history. The Qur’an itself, the Muslim scripture, is full of peace verses urging returning good for evil and wishing peace upon harassers, alongside the verses on just, defensive war that have so often been misinterpreted. This groundbreaking volume fills a gaping hole in the literature on global peace movements, bringing to the fore the many peace movements and peacemakers of the Muslim world. From Senegalese Sufi orders to Bosnian women’s organizations to Indian Muslim freedom fighters who were allies of Mahatma Gandhi against British colonialism, it shows that history is replete with colorful personalities from the Muslim world who made a stand for peaceful methods.

Edited by: Juan Cole
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 348g
ISBN: 9780755643189
ISBN 10: 0755643186
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 16 December 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Between Compassion and Justice: Locating an Islamic Definition of Peace, A. Rashied Omar 2. The Qur’an on doing Good to Enemies, Juan Cole 3. A Different Kind of Striving: Jihad as Peacemaking, Asma Afsaruddin 4. Internal Peace versus Being in Society: Sufi Dilemmas, Alexander D. Knysh 5. Principled Pacifism in Islamic West Africa, Rudolph Ware 6. Rashid Rida and the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Elizabeth F. Thompson 7. Paradise Bound: Righteous Others in the Writings of Rashid Rida, Mohammad Hassan Khalil 8. Abdul Ghaffar Khan: An Islamic Ghandi, James L. Rowell 9. Islam and Peace: A Muslim Fundamentalist Perspective, Sherman A. Jackson 10. Women, Religion, and Peace Leadership in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zilka Spahic Šiljak 11. Muslim American Activism in the Age of Trump, Grace Yukich Contributors Index

Juan Cole is a public intellectual, prominent blogger and essayist, and the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, USA. He is the translator of Broken Wings and The Vision by Khalil Gibran.

Reviews for Peace Movements in Islam: History, Religion, and Politics

Nowhere has the charged topic of Islam and peace been as deftly and broadly addressed as in this collection of essays edited by the maestro of public scholarship on Islam, Juan Cole. From Qur'anic dicta to historical exemplars to modern day perspectives on fundamentalism, women and Trump, the contributors eschew easy platitudes or apologia, providing a kaleidoscope of insight that will attract the general reader as also the academic specialist. * Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, USA * This is an especially timely volume given the high levels of Islamophobia and the racialization of Muslims globally that continue to put Muslims at risk through being conceptualized as inherently violent. * Zayn Kassam, John Knox McLean Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Pomona College, USA *