File spoon-archives/habermas.archive/habermas_2001/habermas.0109, message 85


From: "E.Pavlov" <epavlov-AT-mail.ru>
Subject: Re[3]: HAB: Sept. 11 and the... Habermasian project 2 (Tom)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:04:18 +0000 (GMT)



> >  [Evgeni]
> >Hmm... nonviolent jihad? sounds intriguing to me, can
> >you elaborate on that?

[Ken] 
> Jihad translates as 'struggle.' There are several interpretations of what this means - from nonviolent persistence to voluntary martyrdom to a war against all things secular. There is no one reigning interpretation...

[Evgeni]
Thanks, I didn't realize that. Isn't jihad a religious teaching? can we solely rely on the meaning of the word itself? But thanks for pointing it out, I'll look into it, I bet we all will have to learn some basic Islamic terms and concepts in days (years?) to come...


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