Apocalypse in Islam
Prologue: the end of the world draws nigh -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- The archeology of end times -- The grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- The dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horse...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Berkeley [u.a.]
University of Californiarnia Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Radicalism
/ Jihad
B Islam / End times expectations / End of the world / Messianism B Islam / Integration (Politics) |
| Further subjects: | B
Political messianism
Islamic countries
B Messianism B Political messianism (Islamic countries) B Dschihadismus B Jihad B Religion B Islamic countries B Islam and politics B Implication B Militancy B Islam B Ideology B Mahdi rebellion B Islamic fundamentalism B Islamic eschatology |
| Summary: | Prologue: the end of the world draws nigh -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- The archeology of end times -- The grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- The dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʿi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond |
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| Item Description: | Bibliogr.: S. 241 - 250 |
| ISBN: | 0520264312 |