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Understanding Islamic FundamentalismThe Theological and Ideological Basis of al-Qa'ida's Political Tactics$
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Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism: The Theological and Ideological Basis of al-Qa'ida's Political Tactics

Sayed Khatab

Print publication date: 2011

Print ISBN-13: 9789774164996

Published to Cairo Scholarship Online: May 2012

DOI: 10.5743/cairo/9789774164996.001.0001

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Ideology

Ideology

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(p.129) 5 Ideology
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Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism
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Sayed Khatab

Publisher:
American University in Cairo Press
DOI:10.5743/cairo/9789774164996.003.0006

This chapter investigates al-Qa'ida's neo-jihadist ideology and compares it with the notion of jihad and the qualifications to it in the Muslim consensus. It also explores the question of who declares jihad, and argues that al-Qa'ida's neo-jihadist dogma is outdated.

Keywords:   al-Qa'ida, Afghanistan, Usama bin Laden, neo-jihadist ideology, jihad, Taliban, Islamic fundamentalism

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