terrorism & martyrdom

14 Pages·2014·3.61 MB·English

by  Amjad Faur

TERRORISM & MARTYRDOM�
Khobar Towers, Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 1996
20 people were killed.
SAYYID QUTB – 1906 – 1966�
“What is peddled as 'progressive�
thought' is no more than dismal �
regression.”�
Qutb on trial in Egypt, under the Nasser government, 1965. He was executed by
hanging on August 29, 1966.
In his writings, Qutb compared the Nasser government
to the pre-Islamic tribes of Arabia - Jahiliyyah�
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TAKFIR�
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Pronouncement of unbelief against someone – excommunication.�
Pronouncement of someone as an apostate or infidel (from the �
Arabic root for Kufr – infidel)�
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ﺔﻴﻠﻫﺎﺟ
JAHILIYYAH�
State of ignorance – specifically meant to refer to the pre-Islamic �
world�
APOSTATE – From the Oxford English Dictionary�
a. One who abjures or forsakes his religious
faith, or abandons his moral allegiance; a
pervert.�
b. A member of a religious order who
renounces the same without legal
dispensation.�
B. adj. �
1. Unfaithful to religious principles or creed,
or to moral allegiance; renegade, infidel;
rebellious.�
EXCOMMUNICATION – From the Oxford English Dictionary�
The action of excommunicating or cutting off from
fellowship.�
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1.�
a. Ecclesiastical. The action of excluding an offending
Christian from the communion of the Church; the state
or fact of being so excluded. Also in wider sense: The
exclusion of an offending member from any religious
community, e.g. Jewish or heathen.�
Changing the definitions and parameters of �
murder and suicide�
HEZBOLLAH BOMBS THE US EMBASSY�
U.S. Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon, April 18, 1983
63 people were killed.
AMAL / HEZBOLLAH BOMBS AMERICAN AND FRENCH MILITARY BARRACKS�
Remains of the US Marines Barracks, Beirut, Lebanon, bombed on October 23, 1983
241 American servicemen, 58 French servicemen and 6 civilians were killed.