Jihad....the strive

Submitted by Ramzi (Pakistan), Aug 4, 2003 at 17:34

I think the concept of jihad is uterly misunderstood by the writer, if it is only the source of territorial gains or imperialism..so the now centers of islam were not to be founded..you can see the examples of India where islam is the second biggest religion there once was not a single muslim in that area, now a whole nation named Pakistan has emerged...Syria was once the center of christanity..now is a muslim country and else where you can find the examples.
After 9/11 the best book seller in any western country was The Holy Quran and Islam remained the fastest growing religion.
Even in the Jihad of Afghanistan there were converted muslim found in Afghanistan having there origin from the countries like America, Australia, Briton and France.
What make them choose the way of Jihad was clear, and after every odd neither did any reward nor fear could make them shacky from Islam and Jihad, were they asked to remain so under some influence?..
I have heart even more difinition and explination of jihad from my own muslim brotheren who thinks that Jihad is a form of terrorism and they support there stand with there own justification but there is one thing so clear that Islam is to give this world morality and it is the last and choosen religion with solution for every walk of life it is simply a complete code of life.
It should be understood by people, a real unbiased study of islam will make it's bitter enemy believe that it is the truth without any alteration.
May Allah give guidance to the ones who has the real thirst of knowledge and truth.
W'ssalam.

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