Daniel Pipes has made a mistake

Submitted by Bilqees (Canada), Apr 29, 2004 at 21:09

JIHAD: means "striving" not "holy war", in its arabic meaning it does NOT have the word "holy" nor "war" in its meaning.

LEVELS of Jihad: the first and greater level of jihad is to control your weaknesses. To strive and perfect your behaviour towards others and perfect yourself from within. Struggling to not be rude towards your parents is a form of Jihad. To be in control of your "nafs", which means your weaknesses. Like if a muslim doesnt want to get up for the dawn prayer, struggling to get is a form of Jihad.

Another level of jihad is verbalisation. To clarify Islam to others who misunderstand or do not understand or who are clueless. To explain Islam to others, to clear any misunderstandings is Jihad.

Another level of Jihad is to spend money in the casue of Islam. Helping fund a mosque is considered Jihad. Helping Fund a proper muslim school or organization is Jihad. THese things MUST be according to Islam, and not to serve their own purposes.

Another levels is to defend oneself. If a group of people are killing or discrimminating against muslims, the first thing to do is move away if you can, move away to another country to avoid violence. If this does not work you must try peace accords or treaties, anything to stop violence peacefully. If this does not work then you must defend yourself. You cannot initiate the violence, this Jihad is a response to aggression when their are no other choices. And their are very strict rules to this Jihad. You cannot hurt vegetation or trees, you cannot use any chemicals that will hurt nature, you cannot raze houses, you cannot touch or hurt or kill women and children, you cannot use bombs cause that destroys everything, and you must show immediate mercy and compassion after the battle. there are more rules. If any of these rules are broken it is not Jihad.

THE PROBLEM WITH MANY PEOPLE TODAY IS THAT THEY MIX POLITICS, CULTURE, PREJUDICE, OR THEIR OWN IDEOLOGIES AND IGNORANCE WITH ISLAM. . ISLAM IS VERY VERY VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MEDIA. TAKE INITIATIVE AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO SPENT THEIR LIVES TO THE PROPER STUDY OF ISLAM.

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