Niall Christie: 3 books
The Book of the Jihad of 'Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106)
Text, Translation and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
In 1105, six years after the first crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem, a Damascene Muslim jurisprudent named ’Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) publicly dictated an extended call to the military jihad (holy war) against the European invaders. Entitled Kitab al-Jihad (The Book of the Jihad),...
Muslims and Crusaders
Christianity’s Wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic Sources
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Muslims and Crusaders supplements and counterbalances the numerous books that tell the story of the crusading period from the European point of view, enabling readers to achieve a broader and more complete perspective on the period. It presents the Crusades from the perspective of those against whom...
Capitalism’s Crises
Class struggles in South Africa and the world
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The contributors to this volume draw on a non-dogmatic Marxist approach to explain the systemic and conjunctural dynamics of crisis inherent in global capitalism. Their analysis asks what is historically specific to capitalism's crises while avoiding catastrophic or defeatist claims. At the same time...