Women fighting in Jihad?

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-384

  Cook, David ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27944471396     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100500180212     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. 'Abdallah b. Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 869), Sahih (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1991), III, p. 265 (no. 2788).
2. For example, al-Bukhari, Sahih, III, p. 264 (no. 2784).
3. Al-Maqdisi (d. 1226), Hadith al-ifk wa-yalihi min Manaqib al-nisa' al-sahabiyyat (Damascus: Dar al-Basha'ir, 1994), p. 59.
4. Ibid, Al-Maqdisi ( Hadith al-ifk wa-yalihi min Manaqib al-nisa' al-sahabiyyat ( 1994), p. pp. 53-54.
5. 'Aliyya Mustafa Mubarak, Sahabiyyat mujahidat (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, n.d.).
6. Al-Bukhari, Sahih, III, pp. 292 (no. 2879).
7. Ibid, Al-Bukhari, Sahih, III, pp. pp. 292-293 (nos. 2880-3).
8. Al-Bukhari, VII, p. 72 (no. 5886);
9. for discussion, see Everett Rowson, "The effeminates of early Medina," Journal of the American Oriental Society, 111 (1991), pp. 671-693.
10. See Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999), pp. 348-349;
11. Alf Layla wa-layla (Trans. Richard Burton, London, 1885-1886), II pp. 114-119 (story of 'Umar al-Nu'man which can be dated to the time of the Crusades), V, 277-283;
12. and the Kirghiz epic of Manas, Walter May (trans.), Manas (Moscow and Bishkek, 1995), I, p. 297 f. as well as popular Persian tales such as Samak-i Ayyar.
13. Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Masisi (d. 859), Juz' fihi min hadith Lawin (Riyad: Maktabat al-Rushd, 1998), p. 125 (no. 113);
14. compare the fuller versions in Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 894), Mudarat al-nas (Beirut: Dar Ibn Hazm, 1998), p. 144 (no. 173);
15. Ibn Bishran (d. 1039), Amali (Riyad: Dar al-Watan, 1997), pp. 28-29 (no. 11);
16. Ibn 'Asakir (d. 1173), Ta'rikh Madinat Dimashq (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1995-2000), VII, pp. 363-364.
17. Ibn Babawayhi (d. 991), Man la yahduruhu al-faqih (Beirut: Dar al-Adwa', 1992), III, p. 316.
18. Ibn Abi al-'Asim (d. 900), Kitab al-jihad (Medina: Maktabat al-'Ulum wa-l-Hikam, 1989), I, p. 141 (no. 11).
19. Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 797), Kitab al-jihad, pp. 38 (no. 22),
20. Ibn al-Mubarak Kitab al-jihad, pp. 117-118 (no. 142),
21. Ibn al-Mubarak Kitab al-jihad, pp. 124-125 (no. 150);
22. and see also Ibn Abi Zaminayn (d. 1009), Qudwat al-ghazi (Beirut: Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, 1989), p. 242.
23. Ibn al-Nahhas al-Dumyati (d. 1414), Mashari' al-ashwaq ila masari' al-'ushshaq (Beirut: Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyya, 2002), I, p. 129 (no. 60),
24. see also Ibn al-Nahhas al-Dumyati Mashari' al-ashwaq ila masari' al-'ushshaq I, pp. 215-217.
25. Muhammad Khayr Haykal, al-Jihad wa-l-qital fi al-siyasa al-shara'iyya (Beirut: Dar alBarayiq, 1993), II, pp. 995-997.
26. Muhammad Khayr Haykal, al-Jihad wa-l-qital fi al-siyasa al-shara'iyya 1993), II, Ibid., pp. 1013-1018. Unfortunately my copy of Haykal suffers from a blank page where he gives the details that would support this conclusion, but it is one that accords with my own.
27. Muhammad Khayr Haykal, al-Jihad wa-l-qital fi al-siyasa al-shara'iyya 1993), II, Ibid., pp. 1019-1022.
28. Muhammad Khayr Haykal, al-Jihad wa-l-qital fi al-siyasa al-shara'iyya 1993), II, Ibid., p. 1024.
29. "Sisters' Role in Jihad," available at (http://www.qoqaz.co.za/ html/articlessistersinjihad.htm).
30. Nawaf al-Takruri, al-'Amaliyyat al-istishhadiyya fi al-mizan al-fiqhi (Damascus: al-Takruri, 2003), pp. 208-213.
31. One should note that this organization was founded by al-Qaradawi and is intellectually dominated by him.
32. Ibid., pp. 212-23.
33. For example, see (http://www.animal-cruelty.com/sister_hawaa.htm), "Sister Hawaa' Barayev Martyrdom Attack on a Russian Military" [sic!].
34. See my "Suicide Attacks or 'Martyrdom Operations' in Contemporary Jihad Literature," Nova Religio, 6 (2002), pp. 7-20 for a full discussion of this text.
35. Taken from memri.org (28 October 2003), cited from the Palestinian newspaper al-Hayat al-Jadida (28 October 2003).
36. Kataeb-ezzeldeen.com/fatwa (no. 3) (10 November 2002);
37. for the legality of women conducting "martyrdom operations," see al-Takruri, 'Amaliyyat al-istishhadiyya, pp. 208-223.
38. See memri.org, "Inquiry and Analysis" nos. 83-85 (12-14 Febuary 2002): "Wafa Idris: The Celebration of the First Female Palestinian Suicide Bomber."
39. It is available at e-prism.com.
40. For example, the appearance of the Saudi Arabian radical Muslim journal al-Khansa' (aimed at women) does not encourage them to actually take part in fighting.