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    Islam and Jihad

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    Jihad- struggle Struggle. The word itself does not sound pleasant and then reading the definition it makes it sound worse than it looks. When you are struggling it is usually at a time in your life when you are having a hard time and obstacles are in your way with other things that are giving you trouble. A lot of times I use the word struggle to explain how I got something done. I would probably say something like‚ “ I struggled through my history paper.” When I looked up the definition of

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    advantage. The jihad is defined as a series of global effects that have assumed a universality of their own. This is exhibited throughout all of the jihadist social order. Perhaps the most important way in which the jihad assumes its universality is through the mass media. The jihadist extremists use the availability of mass media coverage as an advantage in allowing them to really their ideals and messages‚ of which are usually aggressive and violent. The role of mass media in the jihad goes further

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    When we think of war we think of torture‚ cruelty‚ suffering and hell. Indeed‚ there is no denying that war is terrible. The desire for war is generally caused by man’s ego‚ which is part of the physical man‚ as opposed to the spiritual man. Physical man is another way of describing man’s "human nature." Man naturally has great tendencies to do according to his desires‚ and has other people act in agreement to his desires‚ cultures‚ and philosophies. As a civilization of a particular culture grows

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    Al-Qaeda‚ meaning "the base"‚ was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads. The organisation grew out of the network of Arab volunteers who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism. During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security training from the CIA. The "Arab

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    Attacks Of 26/11 Analysis

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    ways jihadi is used as a weapon of mass destruction. This paper argues that how the movie “The Attacks of 26/11” portrays the way Jihad is fabricated from its original meaning by the terrorist groups in the name of Islam in order to deceive the innocent people to commit deadly attacks. Finally this paper aims at investigating the meaning and the use of the word jihad in the Holy Quran and how this word is deteriorated semantically in the

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    doc.literature Formal Report on Filipino Literary Text The White Horse of Alih By: Emigdio “Mig”Alvarez Enriquez 3D-Pharmacy Group 3 De Pedro‚ John Christopher Q. Elazegui‚ Patricia Denise C. Españo‚ Divine M. Fajardo‚ Jerome M. Garcia‚ Jose Eduardo C. A. The Issue inside the story • Psychological effect of man’s alienation from the society he is at • Racial Discrimination • Traditions in religion

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    Terrorism Case Study

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    morally be defined as an enemy?" This notion is usually used by ideological and religious extremists‚ in order to justify their own acts of extreme violence. A prime example of religious extremists is the ’jihadi Islamic fundamentalists ’‚ the term jihad means a sacred "struggle" but is manifested by some radical Muslim clerics as a holy war and therefore perceived that their war is a "just war" (Martin‚ 2013). This paper will endeavour to answer the question; Did University College London (UCL) further

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    Mongol Conquest Of Islam

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    Arabia in the seventh century. The Arabic word “jihad” is translated as struggling or striving . It is most often associated with the concept of a spiritual or “holy war”. It is a religious duty used to portray a believer’s devotion to Islam. Throughout history the spread of Islam has been categorized between three periods‚ most commonly known as the “Three Jihads”. The first jihad was the imperialism in five continents between 700-1000 AD‚ the second jihad involved the Christian Crusades as well as the

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    against law activities of terrorism are happening to make their thinking world-wide through the violence. It makes people helpless and discourage to do things for the country. The terrorist spreads the terrorism to fulfill their demands and for the “Jihad”. They make the people and the government scarred by planting crude home-made bombs‚ hand grenades and other explosives in public places such as the railway station‚ shopping centers. They also fulfill their demands by kidnapping‚ hijacking Planes

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    The Rise Of Al-Qaeda

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    The Oxford Dictionary defines a terrorist ‘as a person who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims’ (Oxford University Press‚ 2015). Originally used to describe the efforts of French Revolution freedom fighters who battled for democracy (Oxford University Press‚ 2015)‚ the term ‘terrorist’ is now widely associated with groups in developing countries who use violence and oppressive regimes to communicate their hatred of Western values‚ such as the Al-Qaeda. When comparing the actions and ideologies

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