the “jihad” is one of imam ali’s most famous sermons. in its first part, the importance of jihad and its significant effects have been described in a very eloquent style, and the results of leaving it have been also explained for nations. in sermon’s second part, imam ali (peace be upon him) harshly blames the people of kufa, and then gives notice of traumatic event of sofian ghamedi’s attack t...

there were some great scientists like austin and searle in the growth stage of pragmatics, especially searle who has offered an executive procedure was completed by some discourse analysis elements, and it has completed the speech acts theory of austin. this survey considers the sermon of jihad in nahj ul-baläghah book by using its speech acts. by considering five speech acts, their direct and...

the coalition between terms and their meaning can be as the result of phonological repetition in its speech structure and specific semantic load. this can lead to meaning distinction in choosing words and also meaning association. therefore, literally and syntactically, the phonological level cannot be separated from semantic level. earlier, the phonological association in text has been discuss...

This paper argues that Hizbullah’s jihad concept essentially derives from the underprivileged status of the Lebanese Shiite community at the time of the appearance of the party in the early 1980s. Although the ideology of Hizbullah and the articulation of its jihad concept borrowed heavily from ayatollah Khomeini’s doctrinal contributions to Shiism, Hizbullah has readily adapted itself to the n...

Introduction On February 12, 2007, a new article was circulated in the Jihadi forums, which sketched very clearly the new direction of the strategy of al-Qaeda or global Jihad, in Africa. The article in Arabic, titled "Al-Qaeda Organization and the African Continent: Past, Present and Future", provides us with an analysis of Africa's importance for global Jihad. This same article was published ...

Violent Jihad in the Netherlands Current trends in the Islamist terrorist threat 2 3 Contents Foreword 5 Introduction 7 The murder of Theo van Gogh: consequences and effects 7 General trends in the development of jihadism 9 Framework of terms and definitions 10 1 From exogenous threat to home-grown terrorism 13 1.1 What is a jihadist network? 13 1.2 Historical development of network formation 1...

Jesus is often described in the Gospels as a preacher. What has become his most famous sermon is recorded in Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:17-49. The former is usually referred to as the Sermon on the Mount (note 5:1), the latter as the Sermon on the Plain (note 6:17 KJV). The following study will be concerned primarily with the unity and structure of the Matthean sermon, but a necessary preliminary i...

(The importance of the preacher's exegetical work is greater than the life-span of one sermon. It has more to do with the life-span of the preacher himself. Exegetical study maketh the exact theologian. His study builds his ministering. It is therefore interesting to examine the relationship between a detailed exegetical study of a text and a sermon that is preached as part of its results. This...

Introduction: 1. This sermon logically and chronologically follows a sermon entitled, " Blood Is Thicker than Blood. " 2. That sermon exalts the precious bonds saints have in the family of God and in their own local churches. 3. This sermon identifies the great blessing and duties of fulfilling our roles in our local congregations. 4. Attending church to sing, hear a sermon, and then go home is...

Since September 11, 2001, Muslims have been stereotyped and the message and image of Islam have been tarnished. Self-proclaimed leaders have given new and twisted meanings to the message of Islam. Explanations of complex issues have been reduced to sound bites on television. No issue has been in this regard more profaned than jihad, a sacred term for Muslims, There is no dearth of explanations ...