Jihad:origin Holy War Islam C

Since the Islamic resurgence began to make news, the Islamic idea of holy war, or jihad, has been the subject of tremendous media attention - much of it sensati... » 

Since the Islamic resurgence began to make news, the Islamic idea of holy war, or jihad, has been the subject of tremendous media attention - much of it sensationalistic. This study attempts to discover where and when the idea of jihad originated, and to trace its early development. «