Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco

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Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco is written by Amira K. Bennison and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1135788146 (ISBN 10) and 9781135788148 (ISBN 13).

This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided into territories of 'obedience' and 'dissidence' by suggesting that state-society warfare was one aspect of a constant process of political negotiation. Detailed analysis of state and society interpretations of jihad during the critical period of the French conquest of Algeria clearly shows this process at play and its steady evolution in the context of increasing European pressure, which culminated in the imposition of the French protectorate in 1912.