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This article examines the concept of a lesser and greater | This article examines the concept of a lesser and greater Jihad. | ||
==Claim== | ==Claim== | ||
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{{Quote||In reading Muslim literature -- both contemporary and classical -- one can see that the evidence for the primacy of spiritual jihad is negligible. Today it is certain that no Muslim, writing in a non-Western language (such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu), would ever make claims that jihad is primarily nonviolent or has been superseded by the spiritual jihad. Such claims are made solely by Western scholars, primarily those who study Sufism and/or work in interfaith dialogue, and by Muslim apologists who are trying to present Islam in the most innocuous manner possible. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppjtw|title= Understanding Jihad|publisher= University of California Press|author= David Cook|date= 2005|isbn=978-0-520-93187-9|pages=165-6|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F10.1525%2Fj.ctt1ppjtw&date=2013-12-21|deadurl=no}}</ref>}} | {{Quote||In reading Muslim literature -- both contemporary and classical -- one can see that the evidence for the primacy of spiritual jihad is negligible. Today it is certain that no Muslim, writing in a non-Western language (such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu), would ever make claims that jihad is primarily nonviolent or has been superseded by the spiritual jihad. Such claims are made solely by Western scholars, primarily those who study Sufism and/or work in interfaith dialogue, and by Muslim apologists who are trying to present Islam in the most innocuous manner possible. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppjtw|title= Understanding Jihad|publisher= University of California Press|author= David Cook|date= 2005|isbn=978-0-520-93187-9|pages=165-6|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F10.1525%2Fj.ctt1ppjtw&date=2013-12-21|deadurl=no}}</ref>}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[List of Fabricated Hadith]] | *[[List of Fabricated Hadith]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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