In Turkey, a 12th-grade religious studies book widely used in public schools promotes armed jihad. The book, the 2019 edition of Fundamentals of Islam’s Religious Beliefs, asserts that armed jihad is a necessary practice for all Muslims and that opponents of Islam today slander the concept of armed jihad by associating it with “bad examples.” The book shockingly neglects, however, to address any of the most prominent examples of armed jihad in the 21st century, such as the terrorism carried out by al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, or others, who weaponized the idea of jihad to justify the killing and abuse of innocents.
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