Jihad, Resistance, Just War and Terrorism
Jihad is all over the news and everyone from Muslim apologists to right-wing pundits offer their soundbite sized definitions of this concept, but what is Jihad really? On Monday, December 18 host Sami Hijazi speaks with Zafar Bangash on jihad, just war, resistance and terrorism. Listen to the show here.
Zafar Bangash is founder and former Editor in Chief of Crescent International Newsmagazine, which bills itself the newsmagazine fo the international Islamic movement. He is currently head of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, a Muslim think tank which focuses on analysis and activism around issues of Islam and Western imperialism.
For further reading on Islamic concepts of Just War see these links:
The Spiritual Significance of Jihad by scholar Sayyed Hossein Nasr
A Very Basic Summary of Islamic Rules of War
Martyrdom: Arise and Bear Witness A Collection of Essays by Dr. Ali Shariati
Dr. Nasr’s excellent essay on jihad makes it clear who it has been misused for political reasons. Thank you for the link.
Ya Haqq!
I too loved Dr. Nasr’s essay. I put it up on my blog! MashaAllah.
Brother Sami Hijazi did a great job! The soothing music in the background was a nice touch. Unfortunately, that guy kept calling… blah it was bound to happen adventually though. I’m looking forward to the next show inshaAllah.
This discussion might help to place jihad in global context:
http://www.cwis.org/fge/267wwfw.htm
More works are needed on jihad so that non-muslims can learn about it and know that it is not aimed at killing them or it is an act of terrorism.