My latest: on defining jihadism,which is often used imprecisely.There's a concise definition that makes no assertion as to whether its worldview is a 'correct' interpretation of Islam. Alternative suggestions like calling jihadists 'Khawarij' are unhelpful gatestoneinstitute.org/20561/defining…
@ajaltamimi For some readers it might be helpful to note that 'jihadism' and 'jihadist', on these definitions, is utterly unrelated to many other uses of 'jihad' and its accompanying expressions
@ajaltamimi Great article, specially the definition
@ajaltamimi Have you heard of the Onion & Grapes theory of religions? . The Onion account states that as you peel away the layers you get closer to the true essence of a religion. The Grapes theory states that each version of a religion is like a grape, as valid as any other on the bunch.