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**a "far more extremist approach to the questions of violence and killing than did Ibn Abd al-Wahahb"; | **a "far more extremist approach to the questions of violence and killing than did Ibn Abd al-Wahahb"; | ||
**looser rules of ''jihad'' (for example, allowing the killing of captives, the launching of jihad against unbelievers as punishment for infractions as slight as not giving to the Muslim whatever the Muslims demands of them); and | **looser rules of ''jihad'' (for example, allowing the killing of captives, the launching of jihad against unbelievers as punishment for infractions as slight as not giving to the Muslim whatever the Muslims demands of them); and | ||
**a passion for martyrdom in ''jihad'' and a preoccupation with the glories awaiting [[ | **a passion for martyrdom in ''jihad'' and a preoccupation with the glories awaiting [[Shaheed (Martyr)#Death in warfare|martyrs]] (those who die in jihad) in the afterlife.<ref name="DLB2004: 247-50">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 247-50</ref> Many of these themes—opposed or untouched by IAW—became prominent among Global jihadis and Islamic radicals. | ||
*20th century Islamist [[Sayyid Qutb]], like Ibn Taymiyya, focused on martyrdom and jihad, adding the theme of the implacable treachery and enmity towards Islam of [[Ma'alim fi al-Tariq#Western and Jewish Conspiracies|Christians and especially Jews]]. In his influential book ''[[Ma'alim fi al-Tariq|Milestones]]'', Qutb preached that jihad, `is not a temporary phase but a permanent war ... Jihad for freedom cannot cease until the Satanic forces are put to an end and the religion is purified for God in toto.`<ref name="SQ1988:125-26">Qutb, ''Milestones'', 1988, 125-26</ref><ref name="DLB2004: 264">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 264</ref> ''Milestones'', was embraced not by Wahhabis in particular, but by militant Islamic movements around the globe, including Osama bin Laden.<ref name="DLB2004: 256">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 256</ref> | *20th century Islamist [[Sayyid Qutb]], like Ibn Taymiyya, focused on martyrdom and jihad, adding the theme of the implacable treachery and enmity towards Islam of [[Ma'alim fi al-Tariq#Western and Jewish Conspiracies|Christians and especially Jews]]. In his influential book ''[[Ma'alim fi al-Tariq|Milestones]]'', Qutb preached that jihad, `is not a temporary phase but a permanent war ... Jihad for freedom cannot cease until the Satanic forces are put to an end and the religion is purified for God in toto.`<ref name="SQ1988:125-26">Qutb, ''Milestones'', 1988, 125-26</ref><ref name="DLB2004: 264">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 264</ref> ''Milestones'', was embraced not by Wahhabis in particular, but by militant Islamic movements around the globe, including Osama bin Laden.<ref name="DLB2004: 256">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 256</ref> | ||