... Ajihad fought in many battles against the Empire . Ajihad also welcomed Eragon and Saphira to the Varden sanctuary in Farthen Dûr , telling the young Dragon Rider the Varden were hoping for the best from him , but also giving a warning ...

... a jihad, the first two requirements—available means and probable success—deal with the pragmatics of jihad (i.e., Can it be done? Do the benefits outweigh the costs for the Umma?). The third requirement, concerns the legality or Islamic ...

... Ajihad. When Ajihad learns Murtagh's identity, he sends him to prison but seems to protect him at the same time. Eragon then tells Ajihad his story in detail, and Ajihad explains the complex politics associated with the Varden ...

... Ajihad , leader of the Varden , while Murtagh is imprisoned because of his relation to Morzan . Eragon meets with the dwarf king , Hrothgar , and Ajihad's daugh- ter , Nasuada , and is tested by the Twins , two rather nasty magicians ...

Disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately defeating al-Qaeda based and inspired terrorism is a declared policy of the U.S. Government.

... a jihad bi-l qalb/nafs or a jihad of the heart—a struggle against the evil persuasions of the devil—and of a jihad bi-l lisan or a jihad of the tongue—speaking the truth of Islam to others— have existed alongside the more commonly ...

Or will love and compassion break the barriers? Will sanity return to the world or will the fire of fanaticism consume the world, forever? Will there be a world of real brotherhood, beyond The Black Barrier?

... a jihad. Others suggest that a jihad can occur after its intended target is at least offered the opportunity to convert to Islam and that, in any event, a jihad is a last resort. In Islam, spreading the faith “by the sword” helps to ...

Mohamed El-Bachiri is a Muslim. He lost his wife Loubna in the Brussels bombing of March 2016 – a young woman murdered by a fanatical jihadist. Mohamed was left to bring up their three sons on his own.

... a jihad in Sunni Islam are quite loose, at least in so far as they concern the person who is able to initiate a jihad, and it might be argued that any conflict that the ruler thinks is in the interests of the state could count as a jihad ...