A special report on the ideology of jihad and the rise of Islamic militancy.

In its literal sense jihad in Arabic simply means struggle - striving to one's utmost to further a worthy cause. There is a difference, however between the word, struggle and jihad. The word struggle does not connote the sense of reward or worship in the religious sense of the word. But when the word jihad became a part of Islamic terminology, the sense of reward or worship came to be associated ...

Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer ...

Religion of the Jahiliya Jihadism is Kufr, not Islam By Sultan Shaheen A completely new religion seems to be catching the imagination of many people in Pakistan. Its followers don't, of course, consider it a new religion. Indeed this religion insists that it is Islam, in fact it calls itself true Islam or real Islam. But it can at best be described as Jihadism as its central belief system is ...

Published in issue #456 on 15 January 200 Synod for slaughter Fmr president Mojadedi indicts Pakistani clerics Synod for slaughter Based on this week's Dari-Persian editorial column (A11). Last Wednesday, 10 January 2001, in Akora Khatak near Peshawar, they assembled. They who They that have for the past eight years tyrannized and murdered tens of thousands of innocent Afghans, destroyed ...

The Command of War in Islam By Khalida Adeeb 4 August 2000 The Quran introduces itself as a book through which God causes many to stray while he guides others along the right path. (2:26) Now a question arises as to how a study of the same Quran may show two opposite results at the same time. That is by studying the sane book, some may receive guidance while others might go astray. There are two ...