Political Science 1020E Quiz: Radical Islam

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Lecture: radical islamism & the future of ideology. The twenty-fifth lecture begins by addressing islam and radical islamism. We start with the meaning of islam, the historic role of mohammed, the importance of the qur"an, and the hadith. We discuss the impressive spread of islam, along with the achievements of. The crucial idea of jihad (struggle against evil) is described, with special reference to mohammed"s distinction between the greater jihad (internally, against oneself) and the lesser jihad (against external enemies). Throughout history there have been several threats to islam. Crusades, european imperialism, the state of israel, and western ideas of. Modernity. a significant contemporary threat is the united states. The world"s only superpower has engaged in covert intervention, overt military attack, and support for corrupt regimes. In all of these cases, muslim-majority societies have been the victims of outside interference. Radical islamism represents a kind of reactionary muslim counter- Its most important ideologue is sayyid qutb (1906-1966), the.

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