Word: jihadism
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...debate on the role of Islam vis-à-vis violence, an achievement in itself. It is only through conscience and reason - read religion - that peace and love can prevail, a goal that no political leader will ever be able to achieve. Religious leaders must teach their flocks that any jihad or struggle resulting in misery to the innocent is wrong in the eyes of God and cowardly. Eddie Viegas Goa, India
...members of Siniora's governments have been taking no chances since last month's killing of Lebanese Minister of Industry Pierre Gemmayel. Several ministers have taken up quarters in the Serail, sleeping in offices and doing laundry in the bathrooms. "It's surrealistic," said Jihad Azour, the Minister of Finance, who had spent Saturday night at the Serail as a sign of support for Siniora, who now rarely leaves his government's headquarters. Dressed in a corduroy jacket and black bowling sneakers, he looked less like a member of the cabinet than someone's uncle on a tour. "This government...
...Ironically, the other group likely to welcome the ISG report is al-Qaeda in Iraq. The terrorist organization would like nothing better than to see the back of the Americans so they can claim "victory" in their jihad - and then concentrate on slaughtering Shi'ites...
...great water-cooler debates currently raging among intelligence-watchers is whether self-described spy Omar Nasiri is the real deal, or if his cloak-and-dagger tale of infiltrating al-Qaeda is an unverifiable get-rich-quick scam. According to his new book, Inside the Jihad: My Life With Al Qaeda, A Spy's Story, the Moroccan-born author (who uses Nasiri as a pseudonym) says he spent nearly seven years leading a dangerous double life as an informer for European intelligence services on the activities of his brothers-in-jihad, including vivid detail of combat and explosives training...
...ardent conservative fans, Benedict was never going to use his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country as a rhetorical Act II to the Regensburg speech. There, in the confines of a German university, he questioned Islam's compatibility with reason, he cited the Koran's references to jihad, and he quoted a Byzantine emperor's rude remarks about Muhammed. In Turkey, if nothing else, Benedict followed the old rule that visiting world leaders don't wag their finger at their host country...