opens with the author pronouncing that the members of Hezbollah are of the The umma.” “sons second paragraph of the letter states that they are part of the worldwide Muslim community, and that they are linked together by religious connections. Later, in the Fight” section of the “Our document, the author claims that the members of Hezbollah openly and loudly that we “declare are an which fears Allah only.” There is only one instance of variable two (calls for umma shari’a) which occurs in the document, and it is found in the the Christians” section of the “To document, which is aimed largely at the Lebanese Christian community which had been at odds with Lebanese Shi’a at different times throughout Lebanese history. In this section, the author says that Allah had made it for Muslims to live in a country that did not live “intolerable” according to the tenets of Islam or the There are several instances of variable three shari’a. (literalistic interpretation of scripture) in this document as well. The primary instance is when the author states that their culture is based on holy Qur’an, the Sunna, and the faqih.” “the In this document, there is also support for the hypotheses mentioned earlier. Hypothesis 1 finds support throughout the document, as the authors state that they fight on behalf of the umma. Hypothesis 2 is supported in the Objectives” segment of the document, which states that “Our the only kind of government that can guarantee justice is an Islamic government. By changing from a secular government to a religious one, the members of Hezbollah seek to change the world according to religious views. Hypothesis 3 is supported as well. The document states that Hezbollah is based on the Qur’an and other Islamic sources, and that each member is willing to engage in war” to protect it. Hypothesis 4 is supported as the group appeals to the umma “holy throughout the document, as early as the second sentence of the document. Hezbollah, as seen above, also uses scripture to justify their actions, as well as stating that Muslims must live in a country governed by This can be seen as support for Hypothesis 5. shari’a.
opens with the author pronouncing that the members of Hezbollah are “sons of the umma.” The second paragraph of the letter states that they are part of the worldwide Muslim community, and that they are linked together by religious connections. Later, in the “Our Fight” section of the document, the author claims that the members of Hezbollah “declare openly and loudly that we are an umma which fears Allah only.” There is only one instance of variable two (calls for shari’a) which occurs in the document, and it is found in the “To the Christians” section of the document, which is aimed largely at the Lebanese Christian community which had been at odds with Lebanese Shi’a at different times throughout Lebanese history. In this section, the author says that Allah had made it “intolerable” for Muslims to live in a country that did not live according to the tenets of Islam or the shari’a. There are several instances of variable three (literalistic interpretation of scripture) in this document as well. The primary instance is when the author states that their culture is based on “the holy Qur’an, the Sunna, and the faqih.” In this document, there is also support for the hypotheses mentioned earlier. Hypothesis 1 finds support throughout the document, as the authors state that they fight on behalf of the umma. Hypothesis 2 is supported in the “Our Objectives” segment of the document, which states that the only kind of government that can guarantee justice is an Islamic government. By changing from a secular government to a religious one, the members of Hezbollah seek to change the world according to religious views. Hypothesis 3 is supported as well. The document states that Hezbollah is based on the Qur’an and other Islamic sources, and that each member is willing to engage in “holy war” to protect it. Hypothesis 4 is supported as the group appeals to the umma throughout the document, as early as the second sentence of the document. Hezbollah, as seen above, also uses scripture to justify their actions, as well as stating that Muslims must live in a country governed by shari’a. This can be seen as support for Hypothesis 5.
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