2007
DOI: 10.1525/nr.2007.11.2.59
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The Inspirational Night Dream in the Motivation and Justification of Jihad

Abstract: This article uses a wide variety of examples to argue that the experience of the true dream (ruya) is a fundamental, inspirational, and even strategic, part of the contemporary militant jihadist movement in the Middle East and elsewhere. Dream narratives are contextualized through a consideration of the historical role of the perceived revelatory power of the night dream in Islam. This article further explores some key aspects of Islamic dream theory and interpretation, and offers examples and analysis of the … Show more

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“…Dream interpretation is a specialist and complex process in Islam, partly based on ancient Greek practices but also on examples from the interpretive practices of the Prophet. The importance of dreams crosses all kinds of Islam, such as Sunni, Shia, Sufi and even among militant Islamist (Edgar 2007 and2008) threads. In Islam if you dream of the prophet Mohammed and he is complete in the dream and the message of the dream is congruent with teachings of Islam, then this is a true dream and there are numerous reports of this phenomena (for instance, Amanullah 2009).…”
Section: The Papersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Dream interpretation is a specialist and complex process in Islam, partly based on ancient Greek practices but also on examples from the interpretive practices of the Prophet. The importance of dreams crosses all kinds of Islam, such as Sunni, Shia, Sufi and even among militant Islamist (Edgar 2007 and2008) threads. In Islam if you dream of the prophet Mohammed and he is complete in the dream and the message of the dream is congruent with teachings of Islam, then this is a true dream and there are numerous reports of this phenomena (for instance, Amanullah 2009).…”
Section: The Papersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The case studies discussed in this paper identify a set of beliefs about dreams that are influential in decision making in a number of social contexts in Muslim societies (see Edgar 2006;2007). To make sense of the impact of dreams on decisions, it is useful to employ Lukes' two cases of rationality.…”
Section: Communication and Shared Cognitive Environmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Consequently, I have re-assessed the significance of that landlord's dream in light of the work of Edgar (2004;2007) which motivated me to ask more questions about dreams more recently with old friends in Pakistan. It is likely that he did not lie about his dream experience and while the narrative he told me may have been embellished and re-constructed into a more coherent script, it was not done so with the intention of twisting or altering the message from God.…”
Section: Case Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In Algeria, the FLN called their fighters mujahidun, but their fight against the French was jihad only in a metaphorical sense-most of the FLN were socialists and secular nationalists. One final note on terminology: a mujahid is not necessarily the same as a "jihadist," although "jihadist" is sometimes used-as by Iain R. Edgar, in this issue 11 -to mean mujahid. For many, a "jihadist" is not just a participant in a jihad, but a believer in "Jihadism."…”
Section: Varieties Of Jihadmentioning
confidence: 99%