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John Kelsay

Researcher at Florida State University

Publications -  47
Citations -  565

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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Arguing the Just War in Islam

John Kelsay
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.
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Just War and Jihad: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on War and Peace in Western and Islamic Traditions

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..
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Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

John Kelsay
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.
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Cross, Crescent, and Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition

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