The jihadist character’s worldview is totalizing and built on rumor rather than doctrine

Evidence

In contrast to those who share the inclusivity of this spirit are those motivated by an intolerant religious and cultural zeal. Foremost among them is Casa, an orphan whose fate it is to have been trained up as a jihadist fighter. His frame of reference is always and only the Quran and apocryphal stories of the prophet, his worldview composed of rumor and propaganda. His is a totalizing outlook, “devoid of nuances” (357), requiring global submission to Islamic hegemony. His version of Islam operates through violence and fear. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 403

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘totalizing outlook, devoid of nuances’ that the novel uses as the foil for its inclusivity theme.