Table of Contents

Prelims
Preface vii – viii, Hans G. Kippenberg,Tilman Seidensticker

1. Background to the Spiritual Manual: Its Discover, Interrogation, and Disregard 1 – 9, Hans G. Kippenberg

2. Translation of the Spiritual Manual 11 – 18, Hans G. Kippenberg,Tilman Seidensticker, Albrecht Fuess, Moez Khalfaoui

3. The Instructions Given in the Spiritual Manual and Their Particular Interpretation of Islam 19 – 27, Tilman Seidensticker

4. The Religious and Historical Background of Suicide Attacks in the Name of Islam 29 – 36, Tilman Seidensticker

5. Jihad and Changing Times: The Political Theology of Usama Bin Ladin and His Declarations of War 37 – 46, Thomas Scheffer

6. Defining the Present Situation of Muslims and Re-Enacting the Prophet's Ghazwas 47 – 58, Hans G. Kippenberg

7. The Social Matrix of the Attack 59 – 69, Hans G. Kippenberg

8. Jihad Hymns (Nashids) As a Means of Self-Motivation in the Hamburg Group 71 – 78, Tilman Seidensticker

9. The Arabic Text of the Spiritual Manual 79 – 88, Tilman Seidensticker, Albrecht Fuess, Moez Khalfaou
   
   End Matter
   Endnotes 89 – 104
   Index of Names 105 – 106
   Index of Subjects 107 – 111