What matters is not what it means, but what it is used for...

Submitted by Renzo Ciafardone (Venezuela), Jan 10, 2005 at 09:03

It does not matter what the word Jihad actually means. Scholars and good Muslims can say that is just "inner struggle", there is no problem with that, but really is it POINTLESS for them (Muslim scholars) to try to teach us (average non-Muslim people) what Jihad really means, what they must do is TEACH the bad Muslims that are using it as justification for murdering innocents. If western society knows Jihad as HOLY WAR is because that's how we have been affected by it.

The sad and awful truth is that the majority of Muslims actually support the martyr's actions in the name of JIHAD.
Can any Muslim deny the support to these actions?

Isn't true that September 11 is perceived as a complot of USA government to wage war against Muslim nations?

Again, the problem with the word Jihad is not here with us, but with the "bad Muslims", that the misunderstanding of the word causes hate, damage and pain.

So both Muslims and non Muslims should not write again repeating the phrase "That is not what Jihad means" because is worthless and useless.

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