1. Conceptual Education in RE
An example of Jihad

2. One person presents Jihad as
“the first obligation for Muslims that comes after İman Billah (Belief in God)”.
“Holy War”.
“Jihad is the striving for good and the struggling with evil”.
“Jihad is the name of every attempt to purify one’s soul”

3. What response should education make to those different definitions?

4. O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things) (Qur’an: 49;13)

5. How should Jihad be defined in religious education?
How is knowledge of Jihad to be represented?
How is it interpreted?

6. Jihad in the Responses of Teacher Candidates

7. How do you define Jihad in Islam?

8. These four themes are: Jihad is the main duty of a Muslim.
Jihad is a holy war.
Jihad is the struggle with “self (nafs)”.
Jihad is ordering the good and forbidding the bad.

9. Why So Few References? METHODS and APPROACHES in RE?

10. Create a Theological Framework to Teach Jihad
Meccan or Madanıse ?

11. …Activities Reflection in Action
Point to ponder
Teachings to remember
Questions to deepen the subject