ISLAMIC JIHAD

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ISLAMIC JIHAD

• Mr. A

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THE KORAN
Read the article on Jihad and underline
important info While you read, ask yourself is
the Muslim idea of Jihad today justified When
you are done reading come get the handout.
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REVIEW
Islam requires Muslims to strive for peace

• JIHAD - Does NOT mean holy war (Crusades)
• Struggle to defend the faith.

Quran preaches AGAINST war
NO attacking civilians uphold
justice respect religious freedom accept
peace
CRUSADES (Mainz, Jerusalem) (Forced
conversion) CHARLEMAGNE (Forcible
conversion) HERESIES / FRIDAY 13th (Torture
Death)
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DEFIANCE?
Are Muslim terrorists justified in their actions??

• Do you think Muslim terrorists defy the teachings
  of Islam?
• Examples?
• Why?

I want to vaporize the Jews
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Daniel Pearl
Despite the Qurans instruction for peace,
extremists believe in a Jihad as a Holy War

• Worked for Wall St Journal
• Captured in Pakistan
• Tortured
• Beheaded on TV

ARE THE ACTIONS OF TERRORISTS JUSTIFIED?
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DOES THE KORAN JUSTIFY JIHAD
1993
1983
1998
9/11/2001
2000
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Hezbollah claims Death to America
- April 18, 2003

• Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah,
  in a speech before 150,000 supporters in a Beirut
  suburb said the U.S. will be made to suffer
  greatly as a result of its presence in Iraq,
  according to a report in the L.A. Times "In the
  past, when the Marines were in Beirut, we
  screamed, Death to America! Today, when the
  region is being filled with hundreds of thousands
  of American soldiers, Death to America was, is
  and will stay our slogan. Even before the
  U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began, Nasrallah
  raged, "The people of the region will receive
  America with rifles, blood, arms, martyrdom and
  martyrdom operations. Hezbollah, the so-called
  "attack dog" of its sponsors Iran and Syria, with
  active terrorist cells on four continents, has
  made good on its threats before In 1983, the
  group blew up the U.S. Embassy and the Marine
  barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing hundreds.
  The Marines were there to help cover Israels
  withdrawal from the capital.

- NewsMax.com
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VIDEO

• Why do Muslim extremists hate Jews, Christians
  and the West (Britain and America)????

PROMISSED LAND - FOR WHO?????

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REVIEW VIDEO

• WHY MUSLIMS HATE JEWS, WHO OWNS THAT LAND?
• Palestinian refugees
• NO PEACE
• Arab states wont recognize Israel as an
  independent state
• OLYMPICS
• Yassar Arafat PLO
• Presidnt Carter
• Israel agrees to give up land Temporary peace
• Lebanon - Arafat killing Jews
• Jews and Christians kill Palestinian refugee
• Palestinians refugee
• Settlements
• Intifada
• Land for Peace Deal - USA No more terrorism

OSLO - PLO ISRAEL -Israel withdraws from Gaza
West Bank
Jewish PM who want peace
HAMAS,SADAM
Netenyawho back as PM
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Why do we support the Jews?

• Expulsions Pogroms
• Dreyfus Affair
• Zionism
• WW1 - League of Nations
• Holocaust WW2
• Independent Jewish State
• Similar values (Democracy)
• We sell weapons to them
• We both fight Islamic terrorism

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TIMELINE OF BUILDING HATRED

• 1096 - Crusades
• 1908 - 1920 - Britain takes over territory in the
  Middle East after WW1 (Including Palestine as a
  result of the Treaty of Versailles) - Increased
  Zionism
• 1920 - Republic of Turkey replaces Ottoman
  Caliphate
• 1945 - The U.N. and Britain divide Palestine into
  a Jewish and Arab state after WW2
• - Zionism - Jews from all over migrate to
  Israel.
• 1948 - Israel declared independent Jewish state.
  (U.S.A. acknowledges Israel)
• - Millions of Palestinians become refugees
• 1960s 70s - Constant Jewish Arab wars
  (U.S. support of Israel)
• 1980s - Lebanon and Beirut (Massacres and
  Barracks bombing)
• 1991 - 1st Gulf War (Occupation of Mecca
  Usama Bin Ladin)
• 1990s - Economic sanctions
• 2000s - Iraq War, Afghanistan War Democracy
  Jewish settlements in Eastern Jerusalem (West
  Bank) Still NO Palestinian state

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Think like a Middle Eastern Muslim for a minute..

• Consider what you read in the Jihad Article

• Are they justified in hating Jews and the
  USA??????

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From the Jihad article

• To those against whom war is made, permission
  is given (to fight), because they are wronged
  (They are) those who have been expelled from
  their homes in defiance of right,- (for no cause)
  except that they say, "our Lord is Allah".

Zionism, gb, ww2, israel
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From the Jihad article

• And why should ye not fight in the cause of God
  and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated
  (and oppressed)? - Men, women and children, whose
  cry is "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town,
  whose people are oppressors and raise for us
  from thee one who will protect and raise for us
  from thee one who will help!

Palestinians
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How has the Idea of Jihad been violated in a
terrorists mind?
Jihad -
Defend the faith
Democracy means separation of church and state
Individual Level
Submission to God (not to a government,
especially a foreign government)
Economic
Spend on the poor, not the development of
buildings and banks in an effort to accumulate
wealth for yourself
PHYSICAL
The idea of using armed self-defense as a means
of retribution against tyranny, exploitation,
and oppression in order to defend the freedom of
faith

• Tyranny -
• Exploitation -
• Oppression -

Crusades, Occupation of Mecca Medina in 1st
Gulf War, restrictions on Irans nuclear
programs, implementation of Democracy (ending
theocracy)
Turkey, Israel, Afghanistan and Iraq in the 80s,
Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, (Overall occupation
in Middle East)
Economic sanctions, Support of Israel (resulting
in Palestinians in refugee camps)
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WHY WOULD A TERRORIST DIE FOR JIHAD?

• For Muslim extremists, to die as a martyr in the
  Jihad against the infidels, guarantees you a
  seat at the right hand of Allah.
• 'Whoever amongst us is killed as a martyr shall
  go to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as
  he has never seen
• They shall eat the fruits of Paradise from
  wherever they like and then nestle in these
  chandeliers
• It is also suggests that martyrs will be
  surrounded by companions and grapevines
• The idea of 72 virgins is not clear

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Usamas response to targeting civilians

• Asked whether he approved of terrorism and
  attacks on civilians, he replied

• "We believe that the worst thieves in the world
  today and the worst terrorists are the Americans.
  Nothing could stop you except perhaps retaliation
  in kind. We do not have to differentiate between
  military or civilian. As far as we are concerned,
  they are all targets."

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Declaration of war against USA
because the USA declared War against God
9/11 Commission
Jihad against Jews and Crusaders
The duty of Muslims is to carry out holy war
against the enemies of Islam and to expel the
Americans from the Gulf region.
Cut off the head of the snake
The presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, the
home of Islam's holiest sites, the suffering of
the Iraqi people as a result of sanctions
imposed after the Gulf War, and U.S. support of
Israel. -Usama Bin Ladin, 1998 fatwa
"we do not differentiate between those dressed in
military uniforms and civilians they are all
targets in this fatwa."
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What does Usama Bin Ladin want?

• The U.S.A. out of the Middle East
• An independent Palestinian state and for us to
  stop helping Israel
• For Americans to convert to the Islamic faith

Intellectual Jihad - Usama wants to spread Islam
to all humankind
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QUESTION??????

• IS IT REASONABLE TO CONSIDER THAT THE TERM JIHAD
  MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MISINTERPRETED BASED ON
  EXTREMISTS VIEWS AND USAMAS STATEMENTS??

Who thinks that the Islamic fundamentalists idea
of a Jihad (Holy War / terrorism) is
justified? Please write YES or NO on a piece of
paper (with your name on it) and pass it forward
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PORTFOLIO

• You need to now write a well-developed essay (At
  least 6 paragraphs long) justifying THE OPPOSITE
  position of your vote.
• Do your own outside research
• You will be allowed to use the following while
  writing your essay
• Independent Research
• The Quran
• The Jihad Article