CHAPTER 7

Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror

1. Armed fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s were fighting against

Soviet forces

United State forces

United Nations forces

Native insurgents

2. The original meaning of "jihad" in Islam was

Fighting a holy war

Struggling to make a living

Struggling to understand the Muslim message

Persecuting nonbelievers

3. Today, many Jihadists believe that

They must increase their piety

Non-Islamic nations are inherently corrupt

They must overthrow governments in their own countries

None of the above

4. The fastest growing sect in Islam today is

Wahhabism

Sunni

Shi'ite

Solophism