Jihad reconsidered – Jailan Halawi assesses the possible impact of Jihad founder Sayed Emam’s revised ideology on the global movement
Submitted by Editor on December 8, 2007 – 8:48 pmNo Comment
CAIRO, EGYPT – What will be the impact of Jihad leader Sayed Emam’s recently published Rationalising Jihad in Egypt and the World on the ideology of extreme Islamist groups, and in particular Al-Qaeda?
The importance of Emam’s revisions lies not only in the fact that they challenge the core jurisprudence that permits jihadists to carry out certain acts of violence under the banner of religion but that they were authored by Jihad’s founder, ideologue and first emir, or commander, the 57-year-old, aka Dr Fadl, whose writings formed the blueprint for the armed struggle adopted not only by Jihad but by Al-Qaeda and its affiliates.
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