Keyboard Jihad is an attempt to rectify some of the misperceptions and misrepresentations of Islam and Muslims that resulted from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This book is a collection of original essays that were written over the years by Abdul Karim Bangura. These essays were not compiled to defend Islam-a deen, meaning in Arabic a complete way of life. Rather, Keyboard Jihad seeks to dispel common misperceptions and misrepresentations of Islam that can lead to prejudice and racism.
The essays in Keyboard Jihad cover a variety of Islamic topics:
- Misused and/or misrepresented Islamic concepts that can impede peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue
- Islam and just war theory
- Islamic precepts on gender relations
- Islam on the Internet
- HIV/AIDS in Africa: majority Muslim versus non-Muslim societies
- Challenges and opportunities of integrating new Muslim immigrants into American society
- Competing approaches for shaping the Iraqi society
- The debate on Arab racism against Africans