This volume contains the report of the WORDE (World Organization for Resource Development and Education) project to initiate a national conversation about countering the rise of homegrown radicalism and terrorism.

A Report of the WORDE Initiative "Understanding the Socio-political Dynamics of Pakistan"

A wise person once said, "Our bodies come new, but our spirits are ancient. When packaged together, this strange combination can work miracles." With today's global issues of violence, lack of racial and religious tolerance and the void of spiritual leadership, people are losing hope and falling away from the old establishments of faith, as they are constantly failing to offer solutions and peace of mind. That is one of the many reasons why people today are adapting the "new age" school of thought-seeking alternative means to find a light to guide them amidst the present spiritual darkness and material exuberance. But we are living in this moment, that of a new century and new generations. Every generation is identified by its great thinkers, its great philosophers, its great leaders; those who enlighten that generation by their great service towards mankind, not only for their time, but for all to follow. Those great personalities that transcend space and time become legends. They are heroes of the new age and we are living in the age of such new heroes. Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is such a personality. He is a new type of teacher who teaches without teaching; a new age guru who melts hearts without holding a single session of Sufi gathering; a new age shaykh who inspires and illuminates the seeking heart without moving his lips.

Aujourd'hui, que l'on soit Musulman ou non-Musulman, le terme Jihad n'apparait plus etranger, mais quel est sens reel? Dans les journaux, a la radio ou a la television, le concept de Jihad est utilize ou attribute un sens qui est totalement contraire a ce qui figure dans le Coran. Il ne sinifie aucunement "guerre sainte." Mal interpete par les medias et certains Musulmans endocrines par l'ideologie Wahhabie ou Salafie, le concept de Jihad a ete totalement elucide dans ce livre repond a plusiers uestions d'actualite concernant le concept de Jihad: Savez-vous que le terme Jihad, dans sa definition classique a quatorze differents sens don't seulement un implique la guerre? Quels sont ses different sens tells definis par le Prophete Mouhammad (s) et les principaux savants Musulmans? Quelle est la position de l'Islam sur les attaques suicides qui tuent aveuglement enfants, femmes, etc..? L'Islam appelle t-il a guerre permanente contre les non-Musulmans? Les Musulmans ont-ils le droit de combattre ceux qui ne les empechent pas de pratiquer leur Religion, sous pretexte de Jihad? Lisez ce livre et decidez vous-meme.