Jihad, Holy War and Quest for Lebensraum

Submitted by Cheesepie (Singapore), Sep 14, 2011 at 03:47

"As this suggests, jihad is "holy war." Or, more precisely: It means the legal, compulsory, communal effort to expand the territories ruled by Muslims at the expense of territories ruled by non-Muslims."

Does that mean the quest for greater "Lebensraum" (i.e. the expansion of territory by force of arms - with the attendant implied extermination of all who resists) ís built into Islam itself as a mandatory, sacred cause?

Was "Mein Kampf" just copying Islam's ideas?

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