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Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads
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Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads explores the development of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish thinking on just war, holy war, and jihad over the past fourteen cent
Is Jihād a Just War?
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This work is an analytical study of jihad (just war) which helps to focus the attention of human rights and minority groups to a cause that should have been a f