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El artículo examina el papel de yihad en Islam y aclara la desviación de la actitud vesánica de organizaciones e individuos que creen seguir el camino recto para cumplir el deber de musulmanes. Se examina el significado de yihad, que puede entenderse como un esfuerzo de vivir ua vida recta, recurrir a las armas para defenderlo o una forma de expandir el Islam. Se mencionan a varios ideólogos musulmanes y las ideas de salafistas y yihadistas.

All three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, punish interest loans and the practice of usury. In this article, some sacred texts are analyzed, as well as their potential contribution to notions of human respect and dignity in the context of today's modern financial world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Egyptian Nobel prize Naguib Mahfuz's literature is situated there where the contemporary interest for Islam and the philosophy of religion meet. His prolific work shows how religion permeates life in the Arab world. By the analysis of a short tale, we try to present Mahfuz's own conception of Islam: that of a sound realism, which instinctively takes us beyond any kind of ideological or religious fanaticism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]