Islam at War: A History

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ISLAM AT WAR A History George F. Nafziger and Mark W. Walton ...

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nafziger, George F. Islam at war : a history/George F. Nafziger and Mark W. W ...

CONTENTS Introduction vii - Battlefield Commander 1. Birth of Islam: Islamic Expansion and Muhammad as The Great Conquests ...

vi CONTENTS Conclusion 255 Bibliography 263 Index 267 ...

INTRODUCTION On September 11, 2001, America suddenly discovered the Islamic world. The wordjihadbecame commonplace in the spoken ...

viii INTRODUCTION crusaders in 1100 and their modern counterparts driving airplanes into buildings filled with innocent civilian ...

Chapter 1 BIRTH OF ISLAM: ISLAMIC EXPANSION AND MUHAMMAD AS BATTLEFIELD COMMANDER Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hate ...

2 ISLAM AT WAR mained devoted to her. Even after her death, when he had taken many wives, he continued to speak of her with the ...

BIRTH OF ISLAM 3 Despite this resistance, over a period of about four years Muhammad slowly gathered recruits from the slave and ...

4 ISLAM AT WAR invited Muhammad to return with them and make Yathrib (al-Madinah or Medina) his home in the hopes that he might ...

BIRTH OF ISLAM 5 appears in the Medina surahs in the frequent negative references to the Hebrews and hypocrites. Prior to this t ...

6 ISLAM AT WAR The caravan leader had learned that the attack was coming and sent to Mecca for reinforcements. It is debatable i ...

BIRTH OF ISLAM 7 equally bad for the enemy. In fact, militarily speaking, an army’s position is always far worse when pursued th ...

8 ISLAM AT WAR Whoso on that day turneth his back on them, unless maneuvering for battle or intent to join a company, he truly ...

BIRTH OF ISLAM 9 and murdered them when they could be found in small parties. One of Muhammad’s close followers, Khubeyb, was ca ...