Jihad

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Jihad

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===Shia===
===Shia===
In [[Shia Islam]], ''jihad'' is one of the ten [[Practices of the Religion]]{{cite web |title=Part 2: Islamic Practices |url=http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907022817/http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |archive-date=7 September 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014 |publisher=al-Islam.org}} (though not one of the five pillars). Traditionally, [[Twelver]] Shi'a doctrine differed from that of [[Sunni Islam]] on the concept of ''jihad'', with ''jihad'' seen as a "lesser priority" in Shia theology and "armed activism" by Shias "limited to a person's immediate geography".{{cite news|last1=Hassan|first1=Hassan |title=The rise of Shia ''jihad''ism in Syria will fuel sectarian fires |url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/the-rise-of-shia-jihadism-in-syria-will-fuel-sectarian-fires |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616103413/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/the-rise-of-shia-jihadism-in-syria-will-fuel-sectarian-fires |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2013 |access-date=27 August 2014|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|issue=5 June 2013}}
In [[Shia Islam]], ''jihad'' is one of the ten [[Practices of the Religion]]{{cite web |title=Part 2: Islamic Practices |url=http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907022817/http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |archive-date=7 September 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014 |publisher=al-Islam.org}} (though not one of the five pillars). Traditionally, [[Twelver]] Shi'a doctrine differed from that of [[Sunni Islam]] on the concept of ''jihad'', with ''jihad'' seen as a "lesser priority" in Shia theology and "armed activism" by Shias "limited to a person's immediate geography".{{cite news|last1=Hassan|first1=Hassan |title=The rise of Shia ''jihad''ism in Syria will fuel sectarian fires |url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/the-rise-of-shia-jihadism-in-syria-will-fuel-sectarian-fires |url-status=dead |access-date=27 August 2014|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|issue=5 June 2013}}{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}}


Because of their history of oppression, Shias also associated ''jihad'' with certain passionate features, notably in the remembrance of [[Ashura]]. [[Mahmoud M. Ayoub]] says:
Because of their history of oppression, Shias also associated ''jihad'' with certain passionate features, notably in the remembrance of [[Ashura]]. [[Mahmoud M. Ayoub]] says:
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