We talk about several meanings of Jihad, how it developed in the Qur'an, in Islamic law, and inside Al Quaeda with scholars who understand its use in both the West and the East (by both Napoleon and Ronald Reagan!), and how terrorists use it to justify operating outside the law.
Guest
Faisal Devji, Professor of Modern South Asian History at the University of Oxford; author of Landscapes of the Jihad and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity (2009)
Michael Bonner, Professor of Medieval Islamic History at the University of Michigan; author of Jihad in Islamic History, and Aristocratic Violence and Holy War
We talk about several meanings of Jihad, how it developed in the Qur'an, in Islamic law, and inside Al Quaeda with scholars who understand its use in both the West and the East (by both Napoleon and Ronald Reagan!), and how terrorists use it to justify operating outside the law.
Guest