The Islamic concept of ’Jihad’ was born in the struggle aganist the adherents of polytheism in the course of unifying the Arabian pennisular following the rise of Islam.There were three important functions with rega...The Islamic concept of ’Jihad’ was born in the struggle aganist the adherents of polytheism in the course of unifying the Arabian pennisular following the rise of Islam.There were three important functions with regard to the Jihad Ideology in the Middle Age:Firstly,it was to mobilise Muslims to take an active part in the war against the heathens;Secondly,it was to enhance the feudal monarch’s legality in the name of Jihad;Thirdly,it was to provide the basic guideline for foreign relations for those Islamic countries under the state of hostilities.Responding to the challenge of the time since the modern era,two mutually opposing trends have shown up:based on the concept of "the rise of a nation follows the rise of religion",the traditionalists called on the launch of Jihad against the heathens,while the modern reformists put forward the idea of "constitutional Jihad"instead.Following the Second World War,nationalist ideology became the mainstream political thinking in the Islamic countries.Since the 1970s,with the rise of the Islamic rejuvenation movement,the Jihad ideology has revived and has produced many interpretations which have been applied to various kinds of political struggles.展开更多
文摘The Islamic concept of ’Jihad’ was born in the struggle aganist the adherents of polytheism in the course of unifying the Arabian pennisular following the rise of Islam.There were three important functions with regard to the Jihad Ideology in the Middle Age:Firstly,it was to mobilise Muslims to take an active part in the war against the heathens;Secondly,it was to enhance the feudal monarch’s legality in the name of Jihad;Thirdly,it was to provide the basic guideline for foreign relations for those Islamic countries under the state of hostilities.Responding to the challenge of the time since the modern era,two mutually opposing trends have shown up:based on the concept of "the rise of a nation follows the rise of religion",the traditionalists called on the launch of Jihad against the heathens,while the modern reformists put forward the idea of "constitutional Jihad"instead.Following the Second World War,nationalist ideology became the mainstream political thinking in the Islamic countries.Since the 1970s,with the rise of the Islamic rejuvenation movement,the Jihad ideology has revived and has produced many interpretations which have been applied to various kinds of political struggles.
