Jihad is always justified

Submitted by Stas (Ukraine), Jun 10, 2012 at 15:15

From what I have seen, Jihad in the name of Allah is always justified and can be attributed to what is called Defensive Jihad. It sounds good, that one can only commit Jihad if Muslims are under attack, but when one looks more closely, one realises that there is always some excuse made for it being a defensive act. What is not debatable is that Jihad is always acts of violence against others.

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