DMN What is your objection?

Submitted by Schills (United States), Jun 26, 2012 at 18:42

DMN,

First, I apologize for reposting on an abbreviated version of my response. For some reason my earlier response did not post completely.

You provided the definition of Jihad in Arabic without translating it.

هو قتال من يجوز قتالهم ، والفعل جاهد يجاهد

The definition reads, "fighting whom it is permissible to fight."

This is the lesser Jihad I focused on since the other definitions are at best of secondary importance.

I do not think you or I should care about the individual acts of prayer and fasting of a Muslim.

Since we appear to be in agreement that the former of Jihad which concerns us is Jihad as warfare, what precisely is your objection to my earlier post?

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