Towards an Islamic Theology of Nonviolence (2) : A Critical Appraisal of Maulana Wahiduddlin Khan's View of Jihad

Abstract/Sommario: Even as the application and consolidation f the notion of jihad as armed struggle was taking place in the early period of Islam, there were already then voices of sdissent, which claimed jihad applied primarly to the self - as inner spiritual struggle- on the basis of the readings of the Qu'ran and the hadith