The answer to Chalkboard Trivia #17 is:

Jihad

(According to Islamic tradition, only the senior clergy of Islam can declare a jihad. When someone like Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein declares a jihad, he is overstepping his authority. However, by making such a declaration, a bin Laden or Saddam enhances his authority in the minds of his Islamic fundamentalist followers.)

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