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Oxford University Press Beyond Jihad: Pacifist Tradition in West African Islam

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Beyond Jihad challenges the conventional narrative that Islam spread primarily through military conquest, presenting instead a compelling examination of the pacifist tradition within West African Islam. Over fourteen centuries, Islam evolved from a small community on the Arabian peninsula into a global faith encompassing over a billion believers. Lamin Sanneh's scholarly work traces the origins and development of Muslim African pacifism, beginning with Islam's earliest expansion into North Africa and its subsequent transmission across trans-Saharan trade routes. This Oxford University Press publication offers readers a nuanced historical perspective that reexamines how Islam actually took root and flourished across Africa, moving beyond popular misconceptions about conquest and forced conversion to reveal the complex, peaceful mechanisms through which the faith spread and became embedded in West African societies and cultures.

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Lamin Sanneh examines the pacifist tradition in West African Islam rather than focusing solely on military expansion and jihad.

The book traces Islam's fourteen-century evolution from the Arabian peninsula to a global religion with over one billion followers today.

Beyond Jihad explores Islam's transmission through trans-Saharan trade routes and its establishment in North Africa and beyond.

Oxford University Press publication provides scholarly analysis of how Islam actually spread across Africa through peaceful mechanisms rather than forced conversion.

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Release Date
01 September 2016
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10 March 2016

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