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Societal Impact of Islamic Jihad

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to happen without at least a good fight. Militia groups such as the Islamic Jihad have long been at the forefront of controversy in their indignation toward government and  their strong-arm tactics. These ordinary citizens believe the very bureaucracy that it is supposed to protect is deceiving the entire world. They staunchly support the idea of running  headlong into the bureaucratic problem, wheeling firearms and taking control, because they believe that is the only way that fraudulent government activity will ever be terminated.  However, while its efforts may have been born out of a desire to protect, the Islamic Jihad has been credited with scores of violent offenses, often inappropriately  representing its ultimate cause. It is with great respect and dedication to their country that these militant members work toward defending their land and its people; however, in spite  of their underlying desire to clean up the wrongdoing, their actions sometimes prove detrimental to their quest. "The word jihad means struggle, and according to a prophetic tradition, the  major jihad is the jihad against the soul, against your own soul, where you struggle to be a better human being. The word also can refer to defensive resistance  when your life or property is threatened, but the main jihad is the one against ones own self, or to better oneself, to transcend ones spiritual soul, to create an  awareness in oneself" (Bruning 56). In order to understand the social impact of the Islamic Jihad, one must first readily comprehend the driving force behind such groups. Militia  groups formed as a means by which to right the wrongs of government intervention. In their quest to separate justice and democracy from the distorted hands of bureaucracy, such