Apocalypse in Islam / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.

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This work is an exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand, and with it the "Great Battle," prophesied by both Sunni and Shii tradition, which many believers expect will begin in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands. The author...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Apocalypse dans l'islam. English
Main Author:	Filiu, Jean-Pierre
Corporate Author:	University of California Press
Other Authors:	DeBevoise, M. B.
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	French
Language and/or Writing System:	Translated from the French.
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:	Islamic eschatology. Political messianism > Islamic countries. Islamic fundamentalism. Islam and politics. Jihad.
Local Note:	MSU: In dust jacket. MSU: Arsenal Collection. MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Radicalism Collection Endowment Fund in Memory of Beth Shapiro.
Physical Description:	xxi, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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