Jihad is one of the basic religious issues in Islam. Generally it is known as the war of Muslims against non-believers (Kafir). During the reign of Khulafah-e-Rashedun Jihad was used to guide to challenge any attack or war from non-believers (Kafir). Thus, conventional meaning of Jihad connotes to war, holy war, and just war. Somehow Jihad has become a misunderstood term to the non-Muslims and also to some Muslims. This prevailing understanding or misunderstanding is still strongly influencing the Muslim- non-Muslim relations even in our age. Jihad leads people to reflect on a media-shaped image of the Iranian Revolution, various Jihad movements in the Muslim world especially in the Middle East which are associated with anti-Zionism, anti- Westernism and terrorism. Muslims war against Kafir is not the only Jihad. According to Hadith, to a Muslim, the best Jihad is to fight against his own Nafs (uncontrolled-will). A Muslim, at first, will have to organize Jihad in himself and this is the basic necessity for establishing a just society. The author in this book has tried to eliminate the misconceptions with Jihad and showed that the theoretical structure and framework of the doctrine of Jihad developed in the classical period was not formulated solely based on the Qur'anic principles and the Prophetic practices. The underlying objectives of the work are: i. A systematic investigation into the classical doctrine of Jihad; its meaning, nature and characteristics, and its functional and operational system. ii. An historical analysis of the modern international system and its development especially in the post-World War II and post- Cold War periods. iii. A critical textual and contextual evaluation of the classical doctrine of Jihad in the light of the present day international system. iv. A possible redefinition, reinterpretation and reconstruction of Jihad in the context of the present day. This book will help eliminate the misconceptions with the issue and understand the true message of it.
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The Islamic Theory of Jihad and The International System
Md. Moniruzzaman has earned his BA in Political Science (1994) and MA in International relations (1996) from the International Islamic University Malaysia and the International University of Japan respectively. After earning his MA he joined the International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh as Deputy Director and Director (in charge) of the Academic affairs Division. He later moved to the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), Dhaka and served there as Research Associate. Currently Md. Moniruzzaman is pursuing his Ph. D. Degree holding Monbusho scholarship at the University of Tokyo, Japan. The author has published his article in the Journal of Islamic Administration, a journal of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, and in the journal of the Political Science Students Society of the International Islamic University Malaysia. Another book on a journey around the world is forthcoming in Bangla language. The author has attended several international seminars of the United Nations and other institutions including the International Islamic University Chittagong. He was an invited scholar onboard peace Boat of Japan in a Peace Mission around the world from October 1999 to January 2000 and visited many countries around the world including Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Egypt, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, El Salvador and Fiji. Leadership: A comparative Study Since the beginning of recorded history leadership has played a vital role in determining the course of history as well as managing the affairs of human society. There is a strong demand for good leadership in family, business, organizations, governments, and political parties’ etc. i.e in all spheres of living. That is why in modern time huge amount of money is spent in preparing leaders with high qualities, training personnel and improving human relations in all types of formal and informal organizations. Organizations are now characterized by differences in contributions of their participants. All these indicate that leadership is one of the core concerns in our social action. In western literature, the phenomenon of leadership has been studied widely and we find that this has been approached in different ways in respect of leadership style, qualities, functions etc. Islam as a divine code of life has a clear dimension to add to this issue.