Keyboard Jihad is an attempt to rectify some of the misperceptions and misrepresentations of Islam and Muslims that resulted from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This book is a collection of original essays that were written over the years by Abdul Karim Bangura. These essays were not compiled to defend Islam-a deen, meaning in Arabic a complete way of life. Rather, Keyboard Jihad seeks to dispel common misperceptions and misrepresentations of Islam that can lead to prejudice and racism.

The essays in Keyboard Jihad cover a variety of Islamic topics:

• Misused and/or misrepresented Islamic concepts that can impede peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue
• Islam and just war theory
• Islamic precepts on gender relations
• Islam on the Internet
• HIV/AIDS in Africa: majority Muslim versus non-Muslim societies
• Challenges and opportunities of integrating new Muslim immigrants into American society
• Competing approaches for shaping the Iraqi society
• The debate on Arab racism against Africans