SOCIOL 170B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Islamic Fundamentalism, Quran
14 Mar 2016
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1 notes theologocentrism the attribution of all observable phenomena among muslims to matters of. Islamic theology people create an irrevocable association between islam and terrorism during the cold war most deviant political behavior of muslims was attributed to communism not islam. Palestinian political opposition to israel is associated with muslim anti-semitism references to sleeper cells exacerbate islamophobia. Arabs stereotyped as cruel, savage, backward, civilizationally inept. Koran states that starting wars is immoral: military jihad could only be launched against those who break treaties. Some muslim clerics interpret religious texts to advocate violence for social and political change: politics and economics drive these clerics not religion.
