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Publication Date
Spring 3-21-2002
Copyright date
March 21st, 2002
Identifier
B105 .W3 S256 2002
Series
Understanding the Middle East ; Volume 10
Description
St. Mary's University student Ben Domingue of the President's Peace Commission hosts this discussion panel. Professor James Ball, of St. Mary's University's Theology Department, argues that the nature of war is counterproductive in regards to the terrorists and that as Christians we are instructed to love our enemies. Mr. Ali Moshirsadri, Director of the Islamic Foundation of San Antonio, discusses the Islamic perspective of war; he explains that the word "jihad" means to struggle, not to kill or make war. He also states that the Koran does indicate cases in which it is acceptable to make war, but the fighting should be as short as possible. Rabi Aryehscheinberg, of the Congregation Rodfei Sholom, is the final speaker. Rabi explains that fighting is acceptable as a method of self-defense. He asserts that the Jewish faith is about saving lives. A question and answer session concludes this panel discussion.
Keywords
Just war doctrine; War -- moral and ethical aspects; War --religious aspect --Islam; War --religious aspect-- Christianity; War -- moral and ethical aspects -- Judaism; Self - defense (International law)
Contributor
Dr. James Ball and Aryehscheinberg, Rabi
Document Type
Presentation
Size or Duration
1hour :12 minutes :34 second
Format
MP4
Medium
Video
Digital Publisher
Digital Commons at St. Mary's University
Collection
President's Peace Commission Videos
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.