GLOBL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Meir Kahane, Palestinian Nationalism, International Monetary Fund
Document Summary
The rise of religious nationalism in the global era. New sets of conflict - rise of religious and ethnic violence throughout the world. 1980s - violence arose among indian young men in benjavi. Sant jarnail singh bhindranwale - country preacher. Religious call to get involved in the world. Cosmic war - metaphorical battle between good and evil. Jihad (struggle between good and evil) in the heart. Cosmic war on a global scale - draws others into their view of the war. The global war against the secular state (keep religious community with their religious identity) Islamic revolution in iran - fear of west-toxification (anything western) Muslim activism in egypt - march for brotherhood. Muslim palestinian nationalism - palestine will never be free until it is a muslim state . Secular struggle, but was put into religious terms. Religious nationalism in israel - israel will not be israel until it is biblical israel .
