Jihad in the West - The Holy War that Isn't P8

Jihad in the West  by Paul Fregosi
Introduction: The Holy War That Isn't
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In the past, individual muslims fought in wars against infidels in a supposed gesture of piety and loyalty. Yet the wars themselves were - and still are - usually essentially territorial and political. No change is visible in the offing. The Encyclopedia of Islam, published in Leyden in 1913, is quite explicit: "Islam must be completely made over before the jihad is eliminated." But the elimination of the jihad seems nowhere in sight. On the contrary, it is probably more deeply imbedded in the muslim mind than at any time in the past two centuries, and its elimination seems very far off indeed.