Islamic jurisprudence on war differentiates between illegitimate and legitimate warfare and prescribes proper and improper conduct by combatants. Numerous conquest wars as well as armed anti-colonial military campaigns were waged as jihads.

The Muslim–Quraysh War was a six-year military and religious war in the Arabian Peninsula between the early Muslims led by Muhammad on one side and the Arab pagan Quraysh tribe on the other. [2][3] The war started in March 624 with the Battle of Badr, [4] and concluded with the Conquest of Mecca. [5]

Jan 21, 2024 · Those conflicts have prompted other Islamic militias to act in solidarity with Hamas and Hezbollah. On the Arabian Peninsula, Houthi rebels have been conducting a long-running war against the...

Aug 13, 2009 · Islam allows war in self-defence (Qur'an 22:39), to defend Islam (rather than to spread it), to protect those who have been removed from their homes by force because they are Muslims (Qur'an...

The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and the Byzantine Empire. The Muslim Arab Caliphates conquered large parts of the Christian Byzantine empire and unsuccessfully attacked the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. The frontier between the ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Battle of Badr, (624 ce), in Islamic history, major military victory led by the Prophet Muhammad that marked a turning point for the early Muslim community (ummah) from a defensive stance toward one of stability and expansion.

This section explains Islam’s attitude to war, focusing on: Causes of War, Lesser Jihad, Conduct During War, Terrorism in Islam, Justice in Islam and Holy War in Islam. War refers to an organised conflict that often involves intense violence between one state or group of states and another. The reasons for war can be complex and interconnected.

Feb 12, 2015 · Islamic law contains a rich but complex set of rules on the protection of civilians. But can that centuries-old canon be reconciled with modern international humanitarian norms?

Apr 24, 2014 · Jurists developed the Islamic law of nations – known as the siyar – to regulate the conduct with non-Muslim states during the rise of Islam. This is the basis of the rules of war, which were first codified by Muslim jurist Mohammad Ibn al-Hassan al-Shaybani in the eight century AD.

Islam has left indelible imprints of its magnanimity both in conditions of war and peace. Swayed by the electrifying effects of the conquest, conquerors usually go berserk in their behavior with the conquered.