This book is an interesting examination of the internal conflicts within the Muslim world and faced by Islamic militants. This research work is full of thought-provoking exposure for the people who have an interest in world terrorism and extremism. It was a very arduous task to research the strenuous topic of Islamic militancy, but it was more challenging to find a capable person to translate this project. It was my heartening desire to present this work to the world, but for this, I needed a reliable translation that could be published. I have struggled hard to find a suitable translator but remained in vain, even though I shunned all my hopes. But during this pursuit, I came across an article in a local magazine. From there, I approached Miss Iqra Riaz Ud Din. She is a very well-versed and competent translator; and the translation of this manuscript is proof of that. The way I am satisfied with my research work, and similarly, I am content with the translation of this book. This is reality that the reason behind the publication of this book is the quality of its translation; therefore, I give the credit for the publication of the book to Miss Iqra Riaz Ud Din. Her sincerity, hard work, passion, and persistence helped me to succeed in my goal. My research work on Islamic militancy has been turned into a fascinating book from intricate and random data. Miss Iqra Riaz Ud Din is a writer, author, translator, political scientist, and data researcher. She is the author of two books and also writes on various platforms on diverse issues. She holds a postgraduate diploma in language and linguistics from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan. She also did an M.Phil. in political science from Forman Christen College University (FCCU), Pakistan. Now she is serving as a faculty member of the political science department at the same university. The important feature of this book is that it discloses those perspectives of Islamic militancy which are still hidden from the eyes of the world.

Normally, it is a perception that the majority of Muslims consider jihadi organizations as a security wall that would protect their doctrines and rights, therefore, the Muslim community is considered to be very close to these jihadi organizations. However, after reading this book, you will see that the reality is altogether different. Though now jihadi organizations have become a united, aggressive and unconquerable force against the superpowers but from inside they have faced intense rivalry and disagreements from Muslims. It is a fact that these jihadi organizations are not very worried about the extreme efforts of superpowers but are more apprehensive over the severe attitudes and criticism of the Muslim community. Though these disagreements among Muslims may seen very intense and prominent, the fact is they are very insignificant and unrecognizable. Because the world is not yet aware of these disagreements, they might appear shocking at first reading. The more you come to know about the details of these disagreements, the more you become drawn into a sea of amazement.
These differences are not only disclosures; but they are also points of weaknesses against Islamic militants in the Muslim world. I firmly believe that every chapter of this book is full of curiosity. After completing my education at university, I decided to search out the reasons behind Islamic militancy,
terrorism and extremism and I tried day and night in this regard. I consider my effort commendable because I have also found out more than one hundred reasons, causes and factors for the growth of militancy in Muslim youth. Perhaps these disagreements and discords could not have come in the eyes of the world but when I was searching out the reasons of jihadism/Islamic militacy then I realized that in Muslim societies there are many conflicts exists against jihadi organizations, but people don’t talk about it openly. I started observing these points. Then, I started to concentrate on this aspect and after some long, hard work; I found the more than one hundred points of contentions against the Islamic militants, as mentioned above. For me, it was an amazing discovery. Islamic militancy is an extremely sensitive topic so I had to do precise and accurate research and complete my work. This research work contains some basic questions such as: if all jihadi organizations claim to fight for the defense of Muslims then why they are facing disagreements from the Muslims? Who are objectors? What are the reasons for disagreements? What is the type of these disagreements?
Although the details of these aforementioned questions are very long, but precisely we can understand that the Soviet-Afghan War is the origin of modern jihadism. The militant interventions of Soviet Union in Afghanistan have indulged Muslim youth in the militant jihad. Pakistan, for her defense, United States of America and the West, to become superpowers, and important countries like Saudi Arabia for the nourishment of jihadist’s doctrines have all supported the inclusion of Islamic militants financially and militarily. Due to this support, these Muslim non-state actors became aware of the militant
strategies. In Afghanistan, for polishing their militant qualities, they had an excellent battleground, massive manpower and arms, and the ideological support of Islamic scholars. The land of Afghanistan had the value of test laboratory for these Islamic militants where they could have their abilities assessed in terms of their militant jihad. The defeat of Soviet Union in Afghanistan gave strength to the abilities of Islamic militants, therefore, with the help of their militant bloc, they have made strong centers of militant jihad in Kashmir, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and other war-torn areas. Contemporary jihadism was at its peak in the era of 1990s. After the defeat of the USSR in Afghanistan, Americans had not devised any significant policy regarding these Islamic militants. Consequently, Islamic militants have set up many powerful, camps in Afghanistan which have given them more strength. Youth from Pakistan and Arab countries have received militant training from Afghanistan, and they were launched to different war-stricken areas to fight.
The Muslim’s new generation became aware about the jihadism in Soviet-Afghan War, and then the non-Muslim world has come to know about the unique, untiring and strong power of the Muslims. In the war against the USSR, the Islamic militants also relied on external support because during the Soviet-Afghan War, the doctrine of jihadism became popular all over the world. Therefore, after the defeat of USSR, when external countries have given up guardianship, the Muslim community have fully supported and provided backup to these jihadi organizations, therefore, they have not needed the support of superpowers any more. Due to consistent immortal support of Muslim communities, the Islamic militant organizations became completely independent of the need for support from external powers, so these groups were free to create and implement any policy without external pressure. This self-dependence has given birth to rebellious perception and ideologies in some jihadi organizations, so these organizations were divided into three blocs due to their ideological differences. After 9/11, this division became more prominent. The first bloc A gives priority to hitting only the military and military related targets of their enemy. This first bloc only believed in fighting against the superpowers and considered attacks on non-combatants and civil non-Muslims, illegal. This bloc is extremely popular among Muslims. Generally, it is perceived that this bloc is supported by some Muslim countries and those countries want to create military balance against some of the superpowers. But because such superpowers consider this bloc against their national interests and sovereignty, they put pressure on Muslim countries to terminate this bloc. The second bloc B is the one who declared Muslim rulers and sometimes the Muslim community as apostate and infidel and
indulged in a bloody war against them. After 9/11, the activities of this bloc have become frightful. Though the impacts of this bloc are considerable, due to their stern and controversial doctrine they are not very popular among Muslims. The third bloc C is based on sectarian cleavages: Shiite and Sunni and members of this bloc have declared each other infidels and are interested in killing each other. This bloc is more active in Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. The perceptions of this bloc are similar to those of bloc B. This bloc is involved in a bloodbath on the basis of sectarian strife. The impacts of this bloc are more prominent in Syria and Iraq.
Like bloc B, this is also unpopular among the Muslim community. The different controversial acts of all these Islamic militants’ blocs have created strong concerns in the Muslim community, and this has given birth to extreme disagreements. To minimize and eradicate the increasing popularity of jihadism in Muslims, the superpowers are busy with propaganda against jihadi organizations but due to the controversial character of the superpowers, the Muslim community considered this propaganda unreliable. They declared this propaganda bogus and denounced it. Notwithstanding, the disagreements between the Muslim
communities and jihadi organizations are strong. To understand jihadism, it is especially important to know that jihad is an important religious obligation for Muslims. Normally, religious Muslims are considered to be more closely affiliated to jihadism but divergences against the Islamic militants are also hotly debated by the Muslims; the reason for the arguments is that religious Muslims are more perceptive and ideological than general Muslims. Some disagreements are definitely religiously oriented. Some are related to humanity and human values. Some are concerned with human rights and ethics, and some are concerned with abuse of these rights and some disagreements can be declared as only criticism. Islamic jihadi organizations and superpowers considered his mutual war as the war of the survival of their civilizations and culture, therefore winning and losing has become a key factor. In simple words it can be called a war of ideology between two opposite civilizations. It can be felt that no party wants to lose this over the long-term and end up with unfinished bloody confusion. In the era of 1980s, during the USSR-Afghan war, the superpowers welcomed these jihadi organizations. In the 1990s, superpowers started to feel insecure and threats were made by these jihadi organizations, but despite this, the superpowers adopted soft stance against these organizations. owever, after 9/11, all superpowers have faced serious threats from these organizations. The world has believed that the militant preparation of these jihadi rganizations on a massive scale is not just a shut-up call; they feel that these comprise a real threat. Not only are some specific countries included in their hit list, but they have become a challenge for world peace. After 9/11, it was decided to take on these jihadi organizations in thorough manner but uring this process, the superpowers have ignored many important aspects and only relied on arms to defeat them. During the war against Islamic militants by the superpowers, some incidents were occurred which have given more strength to the ideology and manpower of the jihadi organizations and they have not eeded to make much effort for the growth of jihadism. It is a reality that the efforts of the superpowers have not changed the perception of fear from jihadi organizations. Superpowers should have the knowledge that jihadi organizations considered this war as their ideology and holy and for the survival of their jihadi beliefs they would need thousands of warriors from the more than one and a half billion population of Muslims, which provision is very easy from them. To understand jihadism, it was also important that one should have the approach to seek out the reasons behind jihadism. But in order to fight extremism, no other aspects were given consideration except the military options, this is the reason that the situation of peace is more deplorable than before. The war against terrorism by superpowers now has entered into a stage where there is a need of highly responsible measures to curb it. It is a general impression that, “This is an acceptable reality that terrorism has become a permanent and complex threat for world peace and the world is going through a trauma due to war on terrorism.” In order to fight against religious extremism, there is a need to understand the mentality and profoundly study the ideological doctrines of extremists. At the start of their existence, the extremists were considered as unimportant elements and declared illiterate and savages. On the basis of this perception the need to understand the mentality of pro-Islamic militants was badly neglected due to which the world became more skeptical about the threats and concerns of religious extremism. We must accept the fact that our effort to maintain peace in the world is undisciplined, doubtful and weak.
This book also provides details about the way of thinking, mutual ideological conflicts and hidden aspects of Islamic militants apart from the disagreements between Islamic militants and the Muslim community. This is a fascinating and unparalleled book on the topic of jihadism. To work on this complex topic was not only time-consuming but also required expertise in research and a vision and enthusiasm to eliminate violence from the world, so that world could be restored to the position of peace. After studying this book, I trust that my readers will feel that by eradicating the reasons of violence, violence could be
abolished from this world.