6th - 11th century
Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period
If you want to know how the scholars at the time perceived their era, this is the book to read.
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Jihad : The Origin of Holy War in Islam
Not a work on modern extremism, but rather an examination of the creation of the concept of Jihad as a military struggle in the early Islamic community. Interesting work, though I'm not entirely sure I buy all of his analysis.
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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates
Covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates (8th-10th centuries) and the period of political fragmentation which followed it when Islam lost its core unity, never to be recovered.
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