@article{800267,
      author = {Sanneh, Lamin O.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/800267},
      title = {Beyond jihad : the pacifist tradition in West African  Islam /},
      abstract = {Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown  from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula  into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did  this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the  sword-that believers waged jihad against rival tribes and  kingdoms and forced them to convert. Lamin Sanneh argues  that this is far from the case. Beyond Jihad examines the  origin and evolution of the Muslim African pacifist  tradition.},
      recid = {800267},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 352 pages)},
}