Jihad and the British empire
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The Jehadis Movement in the Late Nineteenth Century
The idea of ghad goes right back to the and the origins of islam. But actually, this jehadis movement is much broader than that. And it's a deeply reactionary movement. The war waged by the madi in the sudan was actually about protecting the arab slave trade against attempts to eradicate it.
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