Orientalism and Moslems

Orientalist scholarship on moslems pays a lot of attention to the cocepts of orthodox islam. And sherea and jihad. Imperial scholars recognize that these cherea norms endorse some significant limitations on freedom and equality, and also some significant forms f violence for the sake of strengthening social bonds. They recognize that orthodox islam prescribes a type of religious warfare known as jhad one fundamental aim of jehad is to defend the moslem community. So hence, where they are able, a jha doctrine encourages moslems to fight to repel non moslem invasions or expel non moslem empires from moslem lands.