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1 online resource (120 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
The book contains the first scholarly edition of the Arabic text of the Manual of the Attackers of 9/11, along with an English translation and commentary, and studies concerning its context. It makes a document available that is crucial in understanding 9/11. It addresses the issues debated in public: Is the text a forgery? Are suicidal attacks typical for Islam? Does Islam allow such violence? How did the perpetrators perceive Islam today? Is the?War on terror? an adequate response? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-104) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Background to the Spiritual Manual : its discovery, interrogation and disregard / Hans G. Kippenberg -- Translation of the Spiritual Manual / Tilman Seidensticker, Albrecht Fuess, Moez Khalfaoui and Hans G. Kippenberg -- The instructions given in the Spiritual Manual and their particular interpretation of Islam / Tilman Seidensticker -- The religious and historical background of suicide attacks in the name of Islam / Tilman Seidensticker -- Jihad and changing times : the political theology of Usama bin Ladin and his declarations of war / Thomas Scheffler -- Defining the present situation of Muslims and re-enacting the prophet's ghazwas / Hans G. Kippenberg -- The social matrix of the attack / Hans G. Kippenberg -- Jihad hymns as a means of self-motivation in the Hamburg group/ Tilman Seidensticker -- The Arabic text of the Spiritual Manual/ Tilman Seidensticker, Albrecht Fuess and Moez Khalfaoui. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Qaida (Organization)
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Qaida (Organization) |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
| Chronological Term |
2001 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Seidensticker, Tilman.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kippenberg, Hans G. 9/11 Handbook : Annotated Translation and Interpretation of the Attackers' Spiritual Manual. London : Equinox Publishing Ltd, ©2006 9781845531294 |
| ISBN |
9781845538675 (electronic book) |
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1845538676 (electronic book) |
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1845531299 (pb) |
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9781845531294 (pb) |
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