Assertion: insurgency's objective | /r/HasProperty | spoke
Facets:
value: in ‘defensive jihad’
type: LOCATION
value: to deeply-held beliefs
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Both Scheuer and Kilcullen note that al-Qaeda’s objectives were, however, not at all marginal in the societies in which they operated, but rather spoke to deeply-held beliefs in ‘defensive jihad’ and appeals to historical memory in reclaiming the boundaries of the historical Islamic empire (Scheuer, 2002, x, 141; Kilcullen, 2005, 599-600).