13 EATING PEOPLE IS WRONG: SOME Eyewitness Reports of Cannibalism IN ARABIC SOURCES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Dates and Abbreviations viii
4. Figures and Tables ix
5. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. JIHĀD AND CONQUEST: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE EXTERNAL ENEMIES OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
7. 2 The Question of Divine Help in the Jihād 27
8. 3 Reading THE QUR'ĀN ON Jihād: TWO EARLY EXEGETICAL TEXTS 33
9. 4 IBN AL-MUBĀRAK’S KITĀB AL‑Jihād AND EARLY RENUNCIANT LITERATURE 49
10. 5 Shaping Memory of the Conquests: THE CASE OF TUSTAR 70
11. PART II. THE CHALLENGED ESTABLISHMENT: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE STATE AND IN ITS DEFENCE WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
12. 6 WHO INSTIGATED VIOLENCE: A Rebelling Devil or a Vengeful God? 93
13. 7 ATTITUDES TO THE USE OF FIRE IN EXECUTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND EARLY ISLAM: The Burning of Heretics and Rebels IN LATE UMAYYAD IRAQ 106
14. 8 ʿABBĀSID State Violence AND THE EXECUTION OF IBN ʿĀʾISHA 128
15. 9 THE Sultan and the Defiant Prince IN HUNTING COMPETITION: QUESTIONS OF LEGITIMACY IN HUNTING EPISODES OF TABARISTĀN 141
16. PART III. LUST AND FLESH: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE DEFENCELESS, INTRA-COMMUNITARIAN VIOLENCE BY NON-STATE ACTORS
17. 10 Violence Against Women IN ANDALUSI HISTORICAL SOURCES (THIRD/NINTH– SEVENTH/THIRTEENTH CENTURIES) 155
18. 11 Sexual Violence in Verse: THE CASE OF JIʿTHIN, AL-FARAZDAQ’S SISTER 175
19. 12 Bandits 191
20. 13 EATING PEOPLE IS WRONG: SOME Eyewitness Reports of Cannibalism IN ARABIC SOURCES 200
21. 14 Animals Would Follow SHA¯FIʿISM: LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE VIOLENCE TO ANIMALS IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC THOUGHT 225
22. Bibliography 245
23. INDEX OF QURʾĀNIC CITATIONS 272
24. General Index 273