Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe; the Afghan-Bosnian network.1859738079 Al-Qaida's Jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, in Europe; the Afghan-Bosnian network. Kohlmann, Evan F. Berg Publishers 2005 239 pages $19.95 Paperback HV6433 Drawing on a wide range of open sources, Kohlmann, an international terrorism Noun 1. international terrorism - terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain consultant in Washington, DC, tells how, in the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, the cream of Arab-Afghan jihadists tested their battle skills in the post-Soviet era and mobilized a new generation of hardened guerrilla zealots Zealots (zĕl`əts), Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. devoted to armed combat and Islamic fundamentalism Islamic fundamentalism is a term used to describe religious ideologies seen as advocating literalistic interpretations of the texts of Islam and of Sharia law.[1] Definitions of the term vary. . Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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