Islamic education and violence: not inextricably linked
Islamic Jihad has become a term which conjures scenes of terror and acts of violent destruction in the name of holy war. Is this the true meaning of Jihad? A new article published in Ethics and Education explores how Islamic education and Jihad could and should be a pathway to peace. In 1998, Bin Laden incited Muslims to a military Jihad against Western secularism and ‘blasphemous’ democracy. In Islam, Allah is believed to be the sole giver and taker of life, the one creator of society in the world. Why then would