Abstract

Security is vital to subsistence and survival of individuals and communities It guarantees conducive environment and affords opportunity to live and pursue a meaningful life beyond the merely animal However it is threatened as terrorists groups emerged in number and operate dangerously in the name of Islam Jihad is the ethos suicide and arms attack are modus operandi Innocent people and institutions are the victims Is this truly Islamic This is a challenge to Islamic jurisprudence and a burden to contemporary Muslim jurists Who is are the architect s of the terrorist groups Islam Muslims or political super-powers Here lies burden of proof The present work attempts to explore these posers