Jihad, Terrorism and Islamic Jurisprudence

This paper emerged as a reaction to the deafening silence of the umpteen reports announcing the ghastly acts of Terrorism around the world and further atrocious attempt to link an entire religion with these acts. The brunt of such mindless acts is being faced not only by the innocent Muslims but also by every ordinary citizen of this world who stands perplexed at the fear ridden world and finds himself lost in this quagmire. This project report is an humble attempt to revisit the linkage that is most frequently drawn by scholars of the day in the wake of Post September 11 mania, and especially after November 26th to find out the truth. This paper is definitely not an 'experiment with truth' but rather a 'quest for truth'. To what extent has the authoress succeeded is for the reader to find and judge but as for me, though I didn't reach the destination, I learned a lot on this journey and it is this understanding of the issues that confront my world today which stands as my most cherished award.