Frederick Denny‚ the keynote speaker of the night spoke on Islam and its moral responsibility and how Muslims need to educate. He was a very intelligent man and great speaker‚ but he was too philosophical for the students in the audience. I was one of those misfortunate souls who could not understand where he was going. He hit on many key points that connected the current problems of Islam and ideas of liberation theology. He stressed that Islam is and always will be a monotheistic‚ ethical
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Muslim men who are all bearded‚ cold-blooded and enjoy hijacking airplanes. As for women‚ it is believed that they are odalisques and slaves who have no voice and are fully controlled by men. A film made by Alaa Eldin El Dajani called "The art of jihad" discusses these stereotypes. Dajani is a Muslim who probably didn’t like the Muslim stereotypes like any other Muslim‚ so he decided to make film to inform Westerns about Muslim people‚ their lives and their religion. The film involves three main
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some can be considered violent towards others. The word Jihad‚ is used to describe how one should defend their religion against unbelievers which again‚ can be used by extremists to do harm to others. "Then fight in the cause of Allah‚ and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things"(Quran 2:244). This is a great example of Jihad because it illustrates how one should fight for Allah and defend their religion. The physical level of jihad‚ as shown in the quote‚ is what most extremists use
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How can people condemn Islam for the act of an individual or a minor group out of 1.6 billion Muslims‚ who may have twisted the concept of religion in order to implement an agenda or material goal? Do terrorists even have faith? The coincidence of jihad being called ‘holy war’ and terrorists claiming to be Muslims has resulted in stereotyping Muslims as villains all over the world. Nevertheless‚ the notion of terrorism is utterly contrary to the principles of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgement Chapter -1 1.1Introduction Chapter-2 2.1Islam 2.2 Muslim 2.3 Concept Of Islam 2.4 Pillars Of Islam 2.5 Concept Of JIHAD In Islam Chapter-3 3.1Terrorism 3.2 Elements Of Terrorism 3.3 Types Of Terrorism 3.4 Terrorist? 3.5 Al-Qaeda 3.6 Another Phase Chapter-4 4.1 Islam and terrorism Chapter-5 5.1Different Incidents 5.1 9/11 5.2 The Madrid Bombing 5.3 The London Bombing 5.4 Bombay Attack Chapter-6 6.1Conclusion
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further info / authors who have contributed to this collection edited and introduced by James Watson. Barber‚ B. R. (1992). Jihad vs. McWorld. In Berndt & Muse (Eds.) Composing a civic life (pp. 370-380). NY: Pearson / Longman. Summary: According to Barber in Jihad vs. McWorld (1992)‚ we face "two possible political futures - both bleak‚ neither democratic... [either] a Jihad in the name of a hundred narrowly conceived faiths against every kind of …social cooperation and civic mutuality‚ [or] one
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into a God fearing man with strong morals. The believing genie pushes him to begin on his jihad and to change from a corrupt police officer to a guide for others on their paths. They believe he is a good man and should be able to start his life over. Gamsa was a sound soul lost in the corruption of society. Gamasa is a greedy police chief. He doesn’t understand the importance of God‚ and discovering his jihad. He “Attacks [the rich citizens] enemies‚ who are honorable people of sound opinion and
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near the Atlantic Ocean and Far East in Asia. To deduce why Islam’s initial expansion was so successful and rapid calls for an understanding of three major factors‚ the life the pioneer of Islam Mohammed‚ Islam’s innate tolerance‚ and the concept of jihad. * Much of what actually made Islam’s expansion strong and successful can be credited to the prophet Mohammed. Learning from life experiences and the world around him Mohammad was able to give Islam its core values and content. His life experiences
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leader had primarily transformed into a sort of godfather of worldwide terrorism in view of his upbringing and contact to Wahhabi Islam alongside the strong influence of Qutb’s vision of a new Islamic order and global jihad. We have seen it manifest itself had arose from the‚ “jihad against the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan [supported by the United States‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Pakistan‚ and many other nations]‚ exploded across the Muslim world‚ from Central‚ South‚ and Southeast Asia to Europe
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provides the solution to all societal problems‚ thus‚ resulting in Milestones becoming a classic manifesto associated with the terrorist wing of Islamic fundamentalism. He explored the concept of jihad as “struggling in the cause of God” and believed it needs to be waged universally. He commented that jihad is a “universal declaration of the freedom of man from slavery” as he believed that the people of the West are oppressed and their only resolution is in being exposed to the Islamic society. This
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