Islam and Violence: Debunking the Myths
In the popular Western imaginary, Islam is inextricably associated with violence—in fact, in Western media usage in particular, it has almost become a shorthand for violence. Violent actions committed by militant fringe groups in the name of Islam are conflated with Islam itself and Muslims in toto...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Does religion cause violence?
Année: 2018, Pages: 147-166 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Violence
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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| Résumé: | In the popular Western imaginary, Islam is inextricably associated with violence—in fact, in Western media usage in particular, it has almost become a shorthand for violence. Violent actions committed by militant fringe groups in the name of Islam are conflated with Islam itself and Muslims in toto are tarred with the broad brush of extremism. The violent actions perpetrated by these militant groups that often claim innocent civilian lives are invariably described as jihad and these groups are described as “jihadist,” legitimizing the self-description of these militants. And this is where we can start to trace the beginnings of the problem. Popular perceptions of jihad as “holy war” are often predicated on the following assumptions: Jihad is relentless, bloody warfare to be waged by Muslims (en masse) against non-Muslims (en masse) until Islam occupies the whole world or till the end of time—whichever occurs first; Muslims can issue the call to such a jihad anytime and anyhow and their only excuse is that stubborn unbelievers will not submit, willingly or unwillingly, at their hands;... |
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| ISBN: | 9781501333866 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Does religion cause violence?
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9781501333866.ch-010 |
