01350cam a2200313 a 450000500170000000800410001701000160005801500190007402000280009303500200012103500150014104000400015604200080019605000240020408200160022810000480024424501210029226000390041330000410045250400530049350502380054665000250078465000280080965000110083765000350084865000410088365000350092485600770095920230110144732.0071003s2005 ctumb b a001 0 eng  a2004-028295 aGBA5251762bnb a0275983838 (alk. paper) a(OCoLC)57123927 atcgc309113 aDLCcDLCdYDXdUKMdBAKERdIXAdANC apcc00aBP166.93b.F87 200500a297.2/42221 aFurnish, Timothy R.q(Timothy Rhea),d1960-10aHoliest wars :bIslamic Mahdis, their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden /cTimothy R. Furnish ; foreword by Michael Rubin. aWestport, Conn. :bPraeger,c2005. aviii, 180 p. :bill., maps ;c25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aWhat is Mahdism and where does it come from? -- Mahdist movements throughout history -- Counter-Mahdist rationales and policies -- -- The virtual Mahdi today -- Modern Muslim anti-Mahdists -- Conclusion : who will be the next Mahdi?. 0aIslamy21st century. 0aIslamic fundamentalism. 0aJihad. 0aMahdismxHistory of doctrines. 0aTerrorismxReligious aspectsxIslam. 0aWarxReligious aspectsxIslam.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028295.html