The word jihad as per 3Umdat al-salik means holy war

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 17, 2011 at 08:17

Hi Dr. Pipes

I was checking a reference and I came across the definition of the word al-jihad in 3Umdat al-salik (I would translate it as the mayor of the path but is is translated as Reliance of the Traveller) and on page 617 you will find the defintion of the word al-jihad and I would translate it as

The Jihad means war against non-muslims and it is derived (read this as the etymology) from MUJAHADA (which I would translate as the act of al-jihad) which means war to establish the religion

It is all in black and white and nothing about this bogus strive to improve

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