Jihad Van Rooyen Word Count: 308‚ excluding in-text citations POL1004F: Introduction to Politics‚ Tutorial Group #11 25 April 2014 Third Wave of Democracy Third World democracies are declining and an influential authoritarian state like North Korea shows no sign of democratization. Therefore‚ Liberal and democratic stagnation could signal the end of the third wave of democracy‚ unless reserve wave prevention
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the United States and the Soviet Union each support different terrorist organizations? 3. What happened to the Arab countries that attempted direct military action against Israel? 4. What motivated Palestinian terrorism? 5. What is jihad? 6. What motivated paramilitary groups in the Troubles of Northern Ireland? 7. What motivated the Red Army Faction and the Red Brigades? 8. What motivated the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City? 9. What are the
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definition (notes) Globalization optimists and pessimists (Friedman; notes) Fukuyama’s “End of History” Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations” “Fault lines” in Huntington’s argument “Civilization” in Huntington’s argument Barber’s “Jihad vs. McWorld” Colonialism (notes‚ readings) “White Man’s Burden”/ “Civilizing mission” (notes) “Rescuing women” and postcolonialism (Abu-Lughod’s article) Australia’s “Stolen Generations” (from the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence” excerpt we saw
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the Soviet Union…”(Britannica pg.1) These new political parties‚ had a deep hatred for Muslim community and the anticommunist groups and organizations. These‚ shunned by the new Afghan government‚ were known as the Mujahedeen‚ “those who engage in Jihad.”(Britannica pg.1) Internal fighting broke out amongst the People’s and Banner parties began to cripple the country of Afghanistan from the inside out. This called for some outside “help” “On the night of December 24th‚ 1979‚ the Soviet Union invaded
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given a respite to repent first‚ before he could be executed. If he does‚ then he is welcome back honourably into the fold of Islam. (Some of the hadiths on this ruling could be found in Sahih Bukhari‚ the Book of Diyyaat (no 6878) & the Book of Jihad (no 3017) ) 2- I have deliberately used modern legal terms like‚ ’treasonable felony’ ’death sentence’ etc to allow for an unbiased evaluation of the Shariah’s stance on this issue. 3- In Islam‚ there is no compulsion or coercion to embrace its
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In the film Traitor‚ the main character’s faith is tested in a web of violence and misplaced loyalties‚ forcing him deeper into the fray of an international conspiracy. Throughout the film‚ Samir sources strength and tolerates persecution through Islamic prayer‚ while the organizations of people working around him are in a constant of flux. For Samir’s character‚ being Muslim is one of the few unbroken pieces of his identity from the moment his Father is killed by a car bomb to the climactic deaths
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belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion. Ideographs A chart used as a language but in pictures. For example‚ Ancient Egyptians used it. Jihad A war fought by Muslims to defend or spread their beliefs. Knight A soldier in the past who had a high social rank and who fought while riding a horse and usually wearing armor. Lay
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secure justice or remedy injustice. 2) WAR MUST BE DECLARED BY A COMPETENT AUTHORITY Only war declared by the government or ruler of the state with the legitimate authority to declare war can be a just war‚ although in the islamic concept of Jihad‚ the legitimate authority is that of a religious leader. The japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 is a famous example of an attack made before the legitimate authority had declared war. 3) THERE MUST BE JUST INTENTION The intention must
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Jihad‚ which some people refer to as the sixth pillar‚ means struggle for your religion. This is a religious belief and practice that Islams take very seriously. Sometimes known as holy war‚ many Islams use this as their reason to fight. In document #4 it
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Mark Juergensmeyer’s “The New Cold War”: Smith mentioned Juergensmeyer‚ who in “The New Cold War: Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State” (Juergensmeyer 1993) attempted to deal with the question of religious nationalism and the expected conflict between it and the secular society. While Juergensmeyer does deal with a nationalism that is religious‚ his definition seems to be influenced by secularization theory‚ presenting religion opposed to the secular society with no chance for the two
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