Parution : Jaan Islam, The Premodern Origins of Jihadi-Salafism, Edinburgh University Press, 2026

The Premodern Origins of Jihadi-Salafism Jaan Islam Redefines Jihadi-Salafism by uncovering its diverse premodern influences over centuries of Islamic political thought The first book to disaggregate linear histories of Jihadi-Salafism by shifting the focus from Wahhābism to Sunnism Provides a comprehensive genealogical study of ‘divine sovereignty’ (ḥākimiyya) in Jihadi-Salafi conceptions of the caliphate, Sharīʿa, jihad, and excommunication Based on interviews with major jih...