1.0Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclifeMark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/author/msilkLibya and Jihad - Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="InArD4T0CT"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2011/03/libya-and-jihad.html">Libya and Jihad</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2011/03/libya-and-jihad.html/embed#?secret=InArD4T0CT" width="600" height="338" title="“Libya and Jihad” — Religion & Public Life With Mark Silk" data-secret="InArD4T0CT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Whether the attack on Libya proves to be a successful exercise in humanitarian war-making a la Bosnia or another incursion into Middle Eastern quicksand, it raises an interesting question for the theology of jihad. Unlike our wars to overthrow regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in contrast to the largely peaceful protests taking place in…