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IAFS 1000 British Policies behind the Palestine Mandate. Khilafat Movement: Significance. Pan-Islam Western fears Role today?. Al Qaida and the Caliphate. Al Qaida training manual. http://web.archive.org/web/20050305074732/www.usdoj.gov/ag/manualpart1_1.pdf. Khilafat Movement.
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Khilafat Movement:Significance • Pan-Islam • Western fears • Role today?
Al Qaida and the Caliphate Al Qaida training manual http://web.archive.org/web/20050305074732/www.usdoj.gov/ag/manualpart1_1.pdf
Khilafat Movement • Shock of 1857 • Indian Muslim pride in Ottoman empire • sultan as caliph (spiritual leader of [Sunni] Muslim umma) • movement to protect caliphate • Indian vs. Turkish vs. Arab views • 1924: Turkish abolition of caliphate
Khilafat Movement (cont.) • Lasting symbolic power • Br fear of Muslim unrest • Muslim recognition of this fear • Intl Muslim protest as powerful tool
Islam • Allah • Jihad = جهاد • Not monolithic الله = = “the God” = “struggle, striving” http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/photos/d8.gif