L7-8 Jihad and Islam FP

Question 1

What are the 3 main causes of Transnational Muslim Militant Movement (General)

Answer 1

1. A sense of exclusion

2. Normative/theological
suggested that jihadism is a type of requirement to become a good muslin

Question 2

What are the causes of militancy in Muslim Majority states?

Answer 2

o Opportunity deficit vs faith-based schools

• failed expectations of government
• religious schools

Question 3

Limits of the opportunity deficient ideas?

Answer 3

o Profile of militants

• Middle class, professional and educated

Question 4

What are the causes of militancy in Muslim Minority states?

Answer 4

o Lack of spatial and social mobility

o Intergenerational nature of opportunity deficit
o Search for alternative notions of identity

o Possibility of introduction to and engagement with militant ideas

Question 5

what are the two types of jihad

Answer 5

o Greater jihad= employing strength to ensure individual staying on correct path
o lesser jihad= force of power is used to engage in conflict

Question 6

what is the argument that jihad is an obligation?

Answer 6

o Ordered by Quranic verses

o Demonstrated in Prophetic Tradition + early Islamic Period

o Division of the world: darul harb (non Islamic/in war) and darul islam (Islamic countries)

o the aim of eradicating kufr (non belief) in favour of Islam

Question 7

what are the individual values of jihad

Answer 7

eternal life (as martyr)
salvation
purification

Question 8

what are the communal values of jihad

Answer 8

remove threats of community

gain territory and resources

communal transformation into better muslim nation

Question 9

who must engage in jihad

Answer 9

debate
- Fard ay’n (indiv)

• ford kifaya (selected)

Question 10

What are the two circumstances for jihad

Answer 10

threat to muslim ummah

broken agreements

Question 11

targets of jihad?

Answer 11

non muslims

muslims? debated (some allow if the muslims are continuing oppression)