John Kelsay's page-turning book, "Arguing the Just War in Islam" offers insight into the history, ideology, motivations (extremist shari'a reasoning) and traditions of radical Islamic terrorist groups.
Vocabulary Phrases/Terms (a continuing list):
Ka'ba: a house of prayer for all Arabs
Umma: a community of faith
Year of the Elephant:
Abyssinian/Ethiopian:
Byzantine:
Sassanids:
al-'ulama: the literocracy, e.g. the Muslim clerics, literally, "the learned"
ahkam al-jihad: judgments for the use of armed force or terrorist plots
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