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Thara Wahab - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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fiqh al jihād in modern warfare analyzing prospects and challenges with reference to international humanitarian law
IIUM Law Journal, 2018Co-Authors: Fajri Muhammadin, Thara WahabAbstract:In discussing the compatibility of the Islamic concept of jihād and international law, most researches focus on the jus ad bellum (justifications of war) of fiqh al jihād and less on the jus in bello (lawful conducts of war). This article observes the relation between fiqh al-jihād and modern international humanitarian law, and sets out both the prospects and challenges of such a concept in modern times. It is argued that some challenges are due to the lack of emphasis on the principles of fiqh al-jihād that are shared with modern International Humanitarian Law, or the existence of differing opinions between Islamic scholars. Using a literature research, this article finds that the way to address this is to make a unified code of fiqh al-jihād, involving scholars from all schools of thoughts, to agree on a common set of rules.
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prospects and challenges of fiqh al Jihad in modern warfare
2017Co-Authors: Fajri Muhammadin, Thara WahabAbstract:'Humanity' and 'ethics' are two words that seem foreign in times of war. Regulating the etiquette of conduct during combat, a branch of international law now known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) aims to mitigate the destructive effects of war. Today, more than ever since a very long time ago, Islamic Jihad colors numerous wars in different parts of the world. Jihadist groups denounce laws they deem non-Islamic, and claim to follow Islamic laws including Fiqh al-Jihad. Whether they in fact live up to their claim is one thing. Yet the suitability of Fiqh al-Jihad in modern warfare is another question. While Fiqh al-Jihad significantly contributed in the historical development of IHL, how does it stand today? This paper will compare Fiqh al-Jihad and IHL. It will be found that although many rules in Fiqh al-Jihad are consistent with IHL or even – to some extent – more advanced in certain areas, yet there are some areas where Fiqh al-Jihad seems to lack in addressing certain issues. The issues explored are the following: the principle of distinction, the principle of proportionality, treatment of prisoners of war, environmental protection during armed conflict, and perfidy. It will be found that the discrepancies with IHL are not always caused due to discrepancies of principles between Fiqh al-Jihad and IHL. Rather it is mostly due to the lack of consideration towards certain realities of modern warfare. With further academic dialogues between the moderate and radical scholarship there may be some level of agreement to reduce the discrepancy towards modern IHL.
Sumit Ganguly - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Jihad paradox pakistan and islamist militancy in south asia
International Security, 2012Co-Authors: Paul S Kapur, Sumit GangulyAbstract:Islamist militants based in Pakistan pose a major threat to regional and international security. Although this problem has only recently received widespread attention, Pakistan has long used militants as strategic tools to compensate for its severe political and material weakness. This use of Islamist militancy has constituted nothing less than a central component of Pakistani grand strategy; supporting Jihad has been one of the principal means by which the Pakistani state has sought to produce security for itself. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the strategy has not been wholly disastrous. Rather, it has achieved important domestic and international successes. Recently, however, Pakistan has begun to suffer from a “Jihad paradox”: the very conditions that previously made Pakistan's militant policy useful now make it extremely dangerous. Thus, despite its past benefits, the strategy has outlived its utility, and Pakistan will have to abandon it to avoid catastrophe. Other weak states, which may also ...
Matthew J Goodwin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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economic losers protestors islamophobes or xenophobes predicting public support for a counter Jihad movement
Political Studies, 2016Co-Authors: Matthew J Goodwin, David Cutts, Laurence JantalipinskiAbstract:In recent years several European states have seen the emergence of ‘counter-Jihad’ movements, which in contrast to the established populist radical right eschew electoral politics and put stronger emphasis on mobilising opposition to Islam and Muslims. Despite attracting attention, counter-Jihad movements and the predictors of their support are under-researched. Drawing on a new survey and sample of self-identified supporters, this article investigates the predictors of public support for the English Defence League (EDL), the inaugural ‘defence league’ in Europe. Contrary to accounts that stress unemployment, apathy or single issues, it is found that support is concentrated among male workers, citizens with school-level education, who read tabloid newspapers and vote for right-wing parties, but who are not more likely to be unemployed, in social housing, have no qualifications or be politically apathetic. Foremost, regression analysis confirms that the strongest predictor of their support is xenophobic hostility toward Muslims, and ethnic minorities more generally.
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the roots of extremism the english defence league and the counter Jihad challenge
2013Co-Authors: Matthew J GoodwinAbstract:Summary points - While right-wing extremism and populist extremist parties have been the subject of growing attention in Europe and North America, the emergence of ‘counter- Jihad’ groups has been relatively neglected. Campaigning amid fiscal austerity and ongoing public concerns over immigration, these groups are more confrontational, chaotic and unpredictable than established populist extremist political parties, yet not enough is known about who supports them – and why. - Widely held assumptions about their supporters – which often stress economic austerity, political protest and Islamophobia as the key drivers – are challenged by new survey data on public attitudes towards the ideas of one leading counter- Jihad group, the English Defence League. - The data indicate that supporters of such groups are not necessarily young, uneducated, economically insecure or politically apathetic. They are not simply anti-Muslim or overtly racist, but xenophobic and profoundly hostile towards immigration. They are more likely than others in society to expect inter-communal conflict and to believe that violence is justifiable. And their beliefs about the threatening nature of Islam have wider public support. - Few mainstream voices in Europe are actively challenging counter-Jihad narratives, or the surrounding reservoir of anti-Muslim prejudice among the general public, but this is an essential part of any successful counter-strategy.
Fajri Muhammadin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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fiqh al jihād in modern warfare analyzing prospects and challenges with reference to international humanitarian law
IIUM Law Journal, 2018Co-Authors: Fajri Muhammadin, Thara WahabAbstract:In discussing the compatibility of the Islamic concept of jihād and international law, most researches focus on the jus ad bellum (justifications of war) of fiqh al jihād and less on the jus in bello (lawful conducts of war). This article observes the relation between fiqh al-jihād and modern international humanitarian law, and sets out both the prospects and challenges of such a concept in modern times. It is argued that some challenges are due to the lack of emphasis on the principles of fiqh al-jihād that are shared with modern International Humanitarian Law, or the existence of differing opinions between Islamic scholars. Using a literature research, this article finds that the way to address this is to make a unified code of fiqh al-jihād, involving scholars from all schools of thoughts, to agree on a common set of rules.
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prospects and challenges of fiqh al Jihad in modern warfare
2017Co-Authors: Fajri Muhammadin, Thara WahabAbstract:'Humanity' and 'ethics' are two words that seem foreign in times of war. Regulating the etiquette of conduct during combat, a branch of international law now known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) aims to mitigate the destructive effects of war. Today, more than ever since a very long time ago, Islamic Jihad colors numerous wars in different parts of the world. Jihadist groups denounce laws they deem non-Islamic, and claim to follow Islamic laws including Fiqh al-Jihad. Whether they in fact live up to their claim is one thing. Yet the suitability of Fiqh al-Jihad in modern warfare is another question. While Fiqh al-Jihad significantly contributed in the historical development of IHL, how does it stand today? This paper will compare Fiqh al-Jihad and IHL. It will be found that although many rules in Fiqh al-Jihad are consistent with IHL or even – to some extent – more advanced in certain areas, yet there are some areas where Fiqh al-Jihad seems to lack in addressing certain issues. The issues explored are the following: the principle of distinction, the principle of proportionality, treatment of prisoners of war, environmental protection during armed conflict, and perfidy. It will be found that the discrepancies with IHL are not always caused due to discrepancies of principles between Fiqh al-Jihad and IHL. Rather it is mostly due to the lack of consideration towards certain realities of modern warfare. With further academic dialogues between the moderate and radical scholarship there may be some level of agreement to reduce the discrepancy towards modern IHL.
Hayati Aydin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Jihad in islam
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah, 2012Co-Authors: Hayati AydinAbstract:The word Islam as a verbal form is derived from the infinitive Arabic trilateral root of silm, salamet (peace and security). Therefore, if its nature has been peace and salvation, how can we interpret Jihad verses? The subject of this article focuses on this point. In this article, the writer discusses the subject and the impact of this apparent paradox on the direction of Islam according to Quranic verses. The interpretation of Jihad that the writer intends to explore best fits the religion which in its nature is peace and
