Ocupation: Author
Life: September 27, 1909 - January 25, 2007
Birthday: September 27
Death: January 25
The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.
Topics: Military, War, Fighting, Universalism
The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state.
Topics: World, States, Instruments, Jihad
The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God’s law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant reigning ideology over the entire world….The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state.
Topics: Islamic, Law, Practice, Islamic State