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Part 1 Morning Against the widespread belief that jihad was a collective duty of the community and that only a legitimate political authority could lead such a fight, [Abdullah] Azzam declared the imperative of waging a defensive jihad: Muslim lands were threatened, and every Muslim man must join the fight, an obligation that had priority over everything else, including family and job. —Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror ...

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