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| What is Barber's general view of Jihad? |
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| Jihad is in the name of fighting against interdependence, social cooperation, and civic mutuality. It creates subnational and ethnic borders from within |
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| What is Renard's general view of Jihad? |
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| Jihad means personal and communal discipline. It includes all actions that represent genuine effort and every struggle / sacrifice made in the way of God |
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| What does RENARD say is the root meaning of the arabic term "Jihad"? |
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| The root meaning of the word Jihad is "striving" or "struggle" |
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| According to RENARD, to what Christian term is the term "Jihad" most similar? |
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| RENARD says that ______ ________ is a phrase that has been misused by Muslims and Non-Muslims for a long time |
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| The term "Jihad" is meant by Muslims to describe: |
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| The religiously-justifiable struggle against injustice and oppression |
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| What two examples does RENARD give of times in which people have been misled in terms of the true meaning of "Jihad"? |
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1. Khomeini's death sentence on Salman Rushdie
2. Saddam Husayn's attempts during the Gulf War to excite Islamic support for Jihad against all infidels defiling sacred Arabian soil |
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| BARBER believes that Jihad is not an instrument of policy, but is: |
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| An emblem of identity, and expression of community, and an end in itself |
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| BARBER says that even when there is no shooting war, there are these 3 things: |
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Fractiousness
Secession
The quest for ever smaller communities |
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| In terms of Jihad, upon what to Barber and Renard agree? |
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| They both say that "Jihad" has a root / generic meaning of "struggle", referring to the struggle against evil |
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| To what "belief" does BARBER relate the new expressions of religious fundamentalism? |
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| BARBER makes the claim that the new expressions of religious fundamentalism are what 2 adjectives, and are NOT what adjective? |
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It IS: Fractious & Pulverizing
It IS NOT: Integrating |
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| BARBER says that today's religion is religion as the Crusaders knew it. What does he mean by this? |
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| Religion is a battle to the death for souls that if not saved will be forever lost |
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