The Inspirational Night Dream in the Motivation and Justification of Jihad
(2007)
Journal Article
Edgar, I. (2007). The Inspirational Night Dream in the Motivation and Justification of Jihad. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 11(2), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2007.11.2.59
This paper uses a wide variety of examples to argue that the experience of the true dream (ru’yâ) is a fundamental, inspirational, and even strategic, part of the contemporary militant Jihadist movement in the Middle East and elsewhere. Dream narrati... Read More about The Inspirational Night Dream in the Motivation and Justification of Jihad.