Propellant of terrorism: Islamism fuels jihad, integral to the vocabulary of Islam

Propellant of terrorism: Islamism fuels jihad, integral to the vocabulary of Islam

By N S Rajaram

The same point is made by Muslim authorities, both ancient and modern. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), arguably the greatest thinker produced by Islam saw jihad as an aggressive war of expansion with the 'universal' mission to convert everyone: "The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defence... Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations."

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