Episodes
Friday Sep 26, 2014
EP.44--History: The Jihad Movements
Friday Sep 26, 2014
Friday Sep 26, 2014
This episode briefly discusses the worldview of the Jihad movements that appeared on the Muslim scene around the 17th and 18th centuries AD. Can we view these movements as, in some ways, precursors to contemporary Jihad movements? The episode particularly highlights the attitude of these movements towards the religious practice of their time and also their drive to establish a "caliphate."
Saturday Sep 06, 2014
EP.43--Religion: Jihad, War, and Peace
Saturday Sep 06, 2014
Saturday Sep 06, 2014
What exactly is Jihad? This episode discusses the traditional doctrine of Jihad that Muslim Jurists developed and takes a brief look at related issues of conflict, peace, and pluralism in the Qur'an and some premodern Muslim legal discourses.