NMC381H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Salafi Movement, House Arrest, Caliphate
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Two islamists organizations al qaeda and muslim brotherhood. Sayyid qutb the america i have seen (1954) Qutb on jihad: (cid:862)the purpose for which islam stands doe jihad is to secure the real and complete freedom of man on this earth, agai(cid:374)st (cid:862)defeatist a(cid:374)d apologeti(cid:272) (cid:373)e(cid:374)talities(cid:863, jihad can be offensive but not coercive. Freedom of preaching// risk of civil war// smaller numbers// pacts. Muslim borhterhood lined that quran is the constitution. Head of the state has power only if carries out the will of god. Democracy problem for qutb power given to people. Organization mb playing the game of nation state. Usama bin laden bin laden family origins to yemen. Left uni and took part i(cid:374) his father"s (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess. On al qaeda good muslim or bad muslim. One declaration of jihad in 1996 nations have been attacking. Much more about current state of affair and less about ideology. He wants to challenge the differential moral judgments.