jihad
The WWI propaganda mosque: A new exhibit showcases a Muslim POW camp
By Kathryn Post — January 27, 2023
(RNS) — A new online exhibit from the National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the overlooked story of the Halbmondlager, a WWI Muslim prisoner of war camp.
What Pope Benedict got wrong about Islam
By Mark Silk — December 31, 2022
(RNS) — Not understanding Islamic theology was only part of it.
Hindu nationalists see Muslim jihad everywhere in India
By Bhavya Dore — October 5, 2020
(RNS) — The Quran's concept of the term 'jihad' is being framed as a conspiracy against India's Hindu majority.
Egyptian seminary renews its claim as arbiter of Islam’s true meaning
By Jacob Wirtschafter, J Wirtschafter, and Amr El Tohamy — March 28, 2019
CAIRO (RNS) — With Islam under global scrutiny and ISIS projecting power over the internet, Al-Azhar University's observatory has set out to counter terrorist messaging.
Pope Francis teaches discernment for coping with spiritual battles
By Thomas Reese — July 9, 2018
(RNS) — Spirituality frequently uses the language of battle, so it is not surprising that Pope Francis promotes the Christian equivalent of a spiritual jihad. Many in the West think jihad only means warfare, whereas it can also mean the struggle within oneself against sin.
Islamist militants carry out terror, not jihad
By Asma Afsaruddin — June 9, 2017
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (RNS) And here are the Quranic verses that prove it.
For London terrorists, attacking enemies is a sacred duty
By Ayman S. Ibrahim — June 4, 2017
(RNS) When attackers wage jihad against what they view as unbelievers, they are observing the command, “So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive (form of jihad) against them with the Quran a great striving.”
Counterterrorism expert warns of radicalization in British prisons
By Yonat Shimron — July 28, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Ian Acheson wrote in The Times that the country’s prison services face a serious challenge in which the unchecked growth of radical Islam may soon pose “a lethal threat to national security.”
For ISIS, a competing vision of Ramadan as a month of conquest and jihad
By Ayman S. Ibrahim — May 26, 2016
(RNS) ISIS discourages the notion that only piety, prayer, and worship are important during Ramadan, insisting that armed jihad is a sacred duty during that holy month.
The ‘us vs. them’ ideology of radical Salafis
By Laleh Bakhtiar — May 24, 2016
(RNS) It lets ISIS militants sleep peacefully at night.
Trump: Clinton ‘lied’ by calling him Islamic State’s ‘best recruiter’
By Reuters — December 21, 2015
"They are going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists," Hillary Clinton said at the Democrats' debate Saturday.
Planned Parenthood and those villainous Christians (COMMENTARY)
By Jonah Goldberg — December 2, 2015
If we can't condemn Islam for Muslim terrorists, why condemn Christians? asks Jonah Goldberg.
Bus ads aim to reclaim the meaning of ‘jihad’
By Doug Stanglin — January 8, 2013
(RNS) An ad campaign on San Francisco buses is aimed at trying to change public perception of the word "jihad," which the program's founder says has been distorted by extremists — Muslim and anti-Muslim alike. By Doug Stanglin / USA Today.
Malala Yousufzai, the young Jihadist, released from hospital. #RiseAgain
By Omid Safi — January 5, 2013
Malala is ready to embark on the her Jihad. #RiseAgain
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