Jihad and Just War in the War on Terror

• Examines the moral arguments on both sides of the war on terror
• Furthers cross-cultural understanding
• Introduces the Western just war tradition to a non-Western audience and the Islamic jihad tradition to a non-Muslim audience

Readership: Scholars and students of international relations, political theory, moral and political philosophy, and terrorism.

Alia Brahimi, Global Security Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science; Senior Research Associate, Oxford University Changing Character of War Programme

Introduction
Part I: Just War and the Bush Administration
1: Jus Ad Bellum, Iraq and the War on Terror
2: Pre-emptive War on Iraq
3: Jus in Bello, Guantanamo Bay and the War on Terror
Part II: Jihad and Al-Qaeda
4: Jihad and Al-Qaeda's Just Cause
5: Jus Ad Bellum in Al-Qaeda's Jihad
6: Jus in Bello, Suicide Bombing and Killing Civilians
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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