... Muslims of the east to rise up in holy war against British imperial power, using the word "jihad-. 60 years later, the west called upon the Afghans to fight a jihad against the Soviets. These are the debates and external developments which contributed to the development of Islamic thought among the Muslims of India pre-Partition, and later in Pakistan. Pakistan is facing ... Muslims of India, Pakistani Islamic extremists have increasingly taken on the tone of their counterparts in the Middle East. Although many events have encouraged this shift in ideology, the recent war in Afghanistan...

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... lead by Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan many people became even more susceptible to judge an entire religion. They claimed that this was jihad or a "holy war". Therefore the media and other citizens tied this "holy war" with all Muslims. That is were most of the hate came from, and even more questions arose about the Muslim religion, and weather it was ... were condemning were fellow Americans that had been born and raised here just like everyone else. Both male and female Muslims, and Middle Easterner's were feeling the heat of being pre-judged after September 11th. In the days follow...

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• Grade Level: High School