“He Was a Muslim Knight Who Fought for Religion, Not for the World”. War and Religiosity in Islam: A Comparative Study between the Islamic East and West (Twelfth century)

Abstract

AbstractIn the second half of the twelfth century, the Maghreb and the Mashriq saw two new political and religious projects taking place, which shared a common reformist spirit. The Almohad movement and the process initiated by Zankī (r. 1127–1146) gave a crucial role to jihād, as well as introducing far-reaching religious reform, doing away with the supposed decadence that had taken hold in the years before. The combination of these two elements gave rise to a greater...