Tarek Fatah and Salma Siddiqui, Citizen Special
Instead of condemning extremists, too many Muslim leaders are protecting them by hiding behind the supposed peaceful nature of 'jihad'
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In the fall of 2007, Islamists set up a stand at Toronto's annual "Word on the Street" book festival where they distributed a free booklet titled Towards Understanding Islam, written by Mr. Maudoodi. In the booklet, Mr. Maudoodi exhorts ordinary Muslims to launch jihad, as in armed struggle, against non-Muslims.
"Jihad is part of this overall defense of Islam," he writes. In case the reader is left with any doubt about the meaning of the word "jihad," Mr. Maudoodi clarifies: "In the language of the Divine Law, this word [jihad] is used specifically for the war that is waged solely in the name of God against those who perpetrate oppression as enemies of Islam. This supreme sacrifice is the responsibility of all Muslims."
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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I happened to be at Word on the Street in '07 and had a copy of the Mauwdudi book handed to me by a pleasant pair of chaps in moustacheless beards and very long shirts. I thought it funny that the title of the book as printed on its spine read "Towards Understand Islam."
It's an odd thing as theological essays go; there's a strange preoccupation with success and failure in the most superficial senses of those words. (I can't help the feeling that Rhonda Byrne would approve heartily of the usage.) And the horror of humiliation! The concept of the "soul" at work in TUI didn't seem much different from what Westerners are more likely to call "ego".
Hmm I was playing an online "game" that tests your knowledge of Islam, it was odd for its tendency to want to message an appearance of "better than".
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