Today’s headlines are full of references to jihad and jihadists, but they’re nothing new: a century ago, the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I was accompanied by a loud proclamation of jihad as well. This book resurrects that largely forgotten aspect of the war, investigating the background and nature of the proclamation, as well as its effects in the wider Middle East, the fears it stoked among German and British military leaders, and the accompanying academic debates about holy war and Islam.
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, “Holy War” and Colonial Concerns
- 2. The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad
- 3. (Not) Using Political Islam
- 4. Domestic Aspects of Ottoman Jihad
- 5. Ottoman Jihad or Jihads
- 6. Propaganda or Culture War
- 7. Gendering Jihad
- 8. Architectural Jihad
- 9. War, Propaganda and Architecture
- 10. The Man Who Would Be Caliph
- 11. A German “Illusive Love”
- 12. John Buchan’s British-Designed Jihad in Greenmantle
- List of Contributors
- Index