Dialogue. The Case of Twentieth Century Islamic Fundamentalism. Arab Studies Quarterly‚ Vol. 25‚ Issue 3‚ Summer. Narli‚ Nilufer 1999 “The Rise of the Islamist Movement in Turkey”. MERIA Journal‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ September. Noorani‚ AG 2002 Islam and Jihad: Prejudice versus Reality. London & NY: Zed Books. Pipes‚ Daniel 2002 “Islam and Islamism: faith and Ideology”. Policy‚ Autumn. Piscatori‚ James (ed.) 1991 Islamic Fundamentalisms and the Gulf Crisis. Chicago: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Religion and Violence Religion‚ which is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices‚ serves the purpose of establishing rules and principles in a society. When studying various religions‚ it becomes apparent that the principles instilled are those that are morally just. Each major religion specifically addresses the issue of violence‚ and the vast majority condemns such actions. Individuals following a particular religion are expected to follow the rules and principles established which
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There are over a billion of muslims in the world‚ how did the region grow out of such a small town. The Islamism started to spread after the death of Prophet Mohammad in the year of 632. The muslim community called “Ummah”‚ came into existence during the period of Prophet Mohammad. In the first few centuries after the Islam community has started‚ fast growth of Islamic world was achieved under Rashidun and Umayyad Caliph. The ‘Ummah‚ community activities have spread Islam all over the world starting
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Jihad. It was once a word unfamiliar to American ears. But in recent years it has become all too familiar. The actions of Muslim militants and terrorists have seared the word into American consciousness. Yet even with thousands of innocent civilians killed on American soil by Islamic terrorists‚ the full significance of the Muslim concept of jihad has not been grasped by the American public. In the days after September 11‚ 2001‚ American leaders rushed to portray Islam as a peaceful religion
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services. “”In April 2014‚ ISIS produced a video featuring a former German rapper turned ISIS militant Denis Cuspert engaged in a snowball fight with fellow Isis members‚ chanting in German‚ “Now you see here in Syria‚ we can also have fun! That’s jihad‚ jihad makes for fun and we have fun here with the children come on‚ we invite you to
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moderate groups‚ and the most fundamentalist group‚ Hizb-e-Islami run by Gulbadeen Hekmatyar received the most financial assistance of the 7. Hekmatyar also received additional money from The Muslim Brotherhood‚ and Saudi Arabia to fight the anti-Soviet Jihad (Giraldo‚
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Late Antiquity‚ often defined as the period from the late 3rd century C.E. to the mid-7th century C.E.‚ saw the birth of modern world institutions. It was a time of political‚ cultural‚ and spiritual changes that laid the foundation for what was to come in the Middle Ages and beyond. Late Antique society saw the birth of the bureaucracy‚ with rulers who became increasingly separated from the ruled by increasingly intricate channels of access. It saw the end of widespread paganism with the triumph
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many other drugs; commanders also provide alcohol to these children. Numerous wars in Africa are wars based on poverty and are often civil wars amongst one county while wars in the middle-east are based off religion such as extremists of Jihad. If one practices Jihad they are taught
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“Mujahidin” to be a powerful statement on how the American media stereotypes “holy war” in contrast to how Perez speaks about the meaning of this word outside of American military culture: Radio Announcer: A Mujahidin is a person that engages in “jihad”. In the post-September 11th world‚ this is a very…I mean‚ ya’ll picked a very strong
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Zahid Shahab Ahmed: Madarsa Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 1: Autumn 2009 MADRASA EDUCATION IN THE PAKISTANI CONTEXT: CHALLENGES‚ REFORMS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Zahid Shahab Ahmed Abstract Educational institutions in Pakistan function under three separate systems— public‚ private and madrasas. The media and the government turned their attention towards the madrasas only after the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks‚ as there was a growing perception that terrorism
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