Religion and Violence

Answer three questions, three pages each, typed double spaced. One-inch margins.

Question one: Sunni Islam: (3 pages).

Identify the commonalities and differences between the attitudes of the Muslim Brotherhood (Hassan al Banna; Sayyid Qutb) vs. those of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Give four examples. (See RWE pg. 370-388 and MW pg.200—213 to answer this question).

Question two: Shi’ite Islam: (3 pages).

Select appropriate Shi’ite texts on behalf of offensive vs. defensive war. Identify the commonalities and differences. Give four examples. (See RWE pg. 407-440, to answer this question).

Question three: (3 pages).

Identify jus ad bello and jus in bello for the Russian Orthodox Church and detail their relationship to Putin’s Russian-Orthodox Church-supported invasion of Ukraine. Provide details – and offer your own explanation for any discrepancies. (See RWE pg. 164-172, to answer this question).

NOTE:

• This paper should be 9 pages in total excluding the reference/Bibliography page
• Use the Bible and Quran as additional sources to support the provided texts(files)
• You can use outside sources to support the provided text. All outside sources must be related to the topics and properly cited.
• Use footnotes
• The reference/Bibliography should on a separate pageSelect appropriate Shi’ite texts on behalf of offensive vs. defensive war. Identify the commonalities and differences. Give four examples. (See RWE pg. 407-440, to answer this question). Identify jus ad bello and jus in bello for the Russian Orthodox Church and detail their relationship to Putin’s Russian-Orthodox Church-supported invasion of Ukraine. Provide details – and offer your own explanation for any discrepancies. (See RWE pg. 164-172, to answer this question).

  NOTE:

  • This paper should be 9 pages in total excluding the reference/Bibliography page
  • Use the Bible and Quran as additional sources to support the provided texts(files)
  • You can use outside sources to support the provided text. All outside sources must be related to the topics and properly cited.
  • Use footnotes
  • The reference/Bibliography should on a separate page.