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» Terrorism and Islamism - Politics in the Name of the Prophet - An article by Eric Rouleau argues, firstly that the West has confused the many kinds of political Islam and presumed a false link between terrorism and the religion, and secondly that the Islamists' political and social programme gains more favour with the public than their religious message.

» Christian Science Monitor: The Tenets of Terror - The ideology of jihad and the rise of Islamic militancy. List of Islamic extremist groups [PDF] and links. (October 18, 2001)

» Omaid Weekly: Synod for slaughter - An editorial and articles about radical Islamism and the Taliban. (January 15, 2001)

» Jammu-Kashmir.com: The Command of War in Islam - Khalida Adeeb writes about people who wage war against their supposed enemies and justify these actions by citing those Quranic verses, yet there are clear reasons why their fighting does not fall into the category of jehad fi Sabilillah (in the name of God). (August 4, 2000)

» Jammu-Kashmir.com: Understanding Jihad - Farida Khanam explains the Arabic meaning and the Islamic connotations of the word. (July 4, 2000)

» ISS: Pakistan, Jihad, and Ethnicity - Article by Asghar Ali Engineer about the factors responsible for the violence in the country and the misuse of "jihad" by the Jamat-e-Islami. (August 16, 1999)

» Jammu-Kashmir.com: Religion of the Jahiliya: Jihadism is Kufr, not Islam - Sultan Shaheen discusses the emergence of a new religion, similar to pre-Islamic Jahiliya, in Pakistan and practiced by the Taliban which has as a basic tenet that that all non-Jihadists are kafir and deserve to be killed. (August, 1999)

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