jihad and the modern world

Jihad and the Modern World by Sherman Jackson is a candid, and at the same time thoughtful and nuanced paper discussing the concept of jihad in Islam. While not denying that jihad has a role in Islamic law and affirming that the Muslim ummah has a right to self-defense, Prof. Jackson argues, with support from the Quran and later classical scholarship, that peaceful co-existence between the Muslim and non-Muslim world is possible.

the fourth world

Chickenbone: Both The Fourth World Multiculturalism as Antidote to Global Violence by Rose Ure Mezu and The Fourth World: In the Belly of the Beast by Amin Sharif insightfully explore some of the civilizational tensions which characterize our contemporary postcolonial world.