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John Kelsay

Other affiliations: Princeton University
Bio: John Kelsay is an academic researcher from Florida State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Just war theory & Islam. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 45 publications receiving 553 citations. Previous affiliations of John Kelsay include Princeton University.

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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: The United States administration has succeeded in placing itself as the protagonist side and its rally for retaliatory war campaign has not only gained international support but also affirmed its position as the leader of the "the key-holder of freedom, liberty and humanity" who waged war against the barbaric evil terrorists as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: One of the magnitude effect of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent war against terror campaign is a political rhetoric that divides the international world into two rigid poles,” the evil terrorist” in one side and the “righteous, just enlightened victim” in the other. The United States administration has succeeded in placing itself as the protagonist side and its rally for retaliatory war campaign has not only gained international support but also affirmed its position as the leader of the ‘the key-holder of freedom, liberty and humanity’, who waged war against the barbaric evil terrorists. By calling ‘either with us or against us’, the US leaves no room for the rests of the world to be in ‘grey’ area. Those who are not in favor will be considered as enemy and therefore deserve to be punished.

113 citations

Book
30 May 1991
TL;DR: The sources of Islamic Conceptions of war and their relationship to the Western Moral Tradition on War: Christian Theology and Warfare by John Langan, S.J..
Abstract: Foreword by Henry Warner Borden Introduction by John Kelsay Foundational Issues Historical Roots and Sources of the Just War Tradition in Western Culture by James Turner Johnson The Sources of Islamic Conceptions of War by Fred M. Donner The Western Moral Tradition on War: Christian Theology and Warfare by John Langan, S.J. The Religious Foundations of War, Peace, and Statecraft in Islam by Richard C. Martin Holy War "Holy War" Appeals and Western Christianity: A Reconsideration of Bainton's Approach by David Little Holy War (jihad) in Islamic Religion and Nation-State Ideologies by Bruce Lawrence International Law The International Law of War as Related to the Western Just War Tradition by William V. O'Brien War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition and International Law by Ann Elizabeth Mayer Select Bibliography Index

80 citations

Book
01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: Kelsay as mentioned in this paper explores questions regarding the justice of war and addresses the lack of comparative perspectives on the ethics of war, particularly with respect to Islam, focusing on the role of Islamic symbols in the rhetoric of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Abstract: This book explores questions regarding the justice of war and addresses the lack of comparative perspectives on the ethics of war, particularly with respect to Islam. John Kelsay begins with the war in the Persian Gulf, focusing on the role of Islamic symbols in the rhetoric of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He provides an overview of the Islamic tradition in regards to war and peace, and then focuses on the notion of religion as a just cause for war.

59 citations

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20 Nov 1990
TL;DR: The development of Jihad in Islamic Revelation and Theory by Abdulaziz A. Sachedina Approaches to Limits on War in Western Just War Discourse by Stephen E. Lammers Al-Farabi's Statecraft: War and the Well-Ordered Regime by Charles E. Butterworth Irregular Warfare and Terrorism Moral Responsibility and Irregular war by Courtney S. Campbell Irregular warfare and terrorism in Islam: Asking the Right Questions by Tamara Sonn Akham al-Baghat: Irregular wars and the Law of Rebellion in Islam by Khaled Ab
Abstract: Foreword by Henry Warner Bowden Introduction by James Turner Johnson When Is War Justified? What Are Its Limits? Justice and Resort to War: A Sampling of Christian Ethical Thinking by Jeffrey Stout The Development of Jihad in Islamic Revelation and Theory by Abdulaziz A. Sachedina Approaches to Limits on War in Western Just War Discourse by Stephen E. Lammers Al-Farabi's Statecraft: War and the Well-Ordered Regime by Charles E. Butterworth Irregular Warfare and Terrorism Moral Responsibility and Irregular War by Courtney S. Campbell Irregular Warfare and Terrorism in Islam: Asking the Right Questions by Tamara Sonn Akham al-Baghat: Irregular Warfare and the Law of Rebellion in Islam by Khaled Abou El Fadl Combatancy, Noncombatancy, and Noncombatant Immunity in Just War Tradition by Robert L. Phillips Islam and the Distinction between Combatants and Noncombatants by John Kelsay Select Bibliography Index

51 citations


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TL;DR: Hegghammer, Thomas as mentioned in this paper, explains variation in Western Jihadists' choice between domestic and foreign fighting between Jihadists and Jihadists in the Middle East and North Africa.
Abstract: Hegghammer, Thomas. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Explaining Variation in Western Jihadists' Choice between Domestic and Foreign Fighting. American Political Science Review 2013 ;Volum 107.(1) s. 1-15

285 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explain the increase in transnational war volunteering as the product of a pan-Islamic identity movement that grew strong in the 1970s Arab world from elite competition among exiled Islamists in international Islamic organizations and Muslim regimes.
Abstract: Why has transnational war volunteering increased so dramatically in the Muslim world since 1980? Standard explanations, which emphasize US-Saudi support for the 1980s Afghan mujahideen, the growth of Islamism, or the spread of Wahhabism are insufficient The increase in transnational war volunteering is better explained as the product of a pan-Islamic identity movement that grew strong in the 1970s Arab world from elite competition among exiled Islamists in international Islamic organizations and Muslim regimes Seeking political relevance and increased budgets, Hijaz-based international activists propagated an alarmist discourse about external threats to the Muslim nation and established a global network of Islamic charities This “soft” pan-Islamic discourse and network enabled Arabs invested in the 1980s Afghanistan war to recruit fighters in the name of inter-Muslim solidarity The Arab-Afghan mobilization in turn produced a foreign fighter movement that still exists today, as a phenomenon partly di

245 citations

01 Jan 2016
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170 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a self-report questionnaire was administered to a non-random sample of 769 inmates in 20 prisons from 12 states in order to determine if an inmate's religiousness correlated with adjustment to prison and the number of disciplinary confinements they received.
Abstract: SUMMARY During the twentieth century there has been much speculation by scholars in the United States about the relationship between religion and prisoners. In spite of the fact that both religion and the prison have been subjected to considerable study, we know little about religion in prison, particularly as it relates to the psychological adjustment of offenders to the prison environment and reduction in problematic behaviors such as disciplinary infractions. Applying a survey methodology which incorporates a recently developed scale of religiousness (the first to be developed with the assistance of inmates specifically for use with inmates) and a previously developed scale of inmate adjustment to prison, this study explores the relationship between inmate religiousness and adjustment to prison and the number of disciplinary confinements they receive. A self-report questionnaire was administered to a non-random sample of 769 inmates in 20 prisons from 12 states in order to determine if an inmate's reli...

152 citations

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TL;DR: A genealogy of the radical ideas that underline al-Qaeda's justification for violence has been presented in this paper, showing that the development of jihadi thought over the past several decades is characterized by the erosion of critical constraints used to limit warfare and violence in classical Islam.
Abstract: A genealogy of the radical ideas that underline al-Qaeda"s justification for violence shows that the development of jihadi thought over the past several decades is characterized by the erosion of critical constraints used to limit warfare and violence in classical Islam. This erosion is illustrated by the evolution of jihadi arguments related to apostasy and waging jihad at home, global jihad, civilian targeting, and suicide bombings.

145 citations