Mr Obama and NPR and the BBC and the word Jihadis

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 21, 2014 at 12:33

Dr. Pipes

Did you notice that Mr Obama as well as NPR and the BBC are now using the word Jihadis (it really should be Mujahiduun) to describe members of the terrorist group ISIS/ISIL?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jihadis

The word is really from the Arabic word Mujahid مجاهد or holy warrior aka Muslim fighter (mujahiduun is the plural)

http://www.almaany.com/home.php?language=english&lang_name=Arabic&word=%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF

Darn it I thought that Jihad means strive to improve aka inner struggle and a mujahid means he who is going through struggle to improve himself

But the truth never goes away

For the readers the word Jihad means holy war and a mujahid means holy warrior and that is the truth

Shame on our media and the British media for not stating the truth for a very long period of time

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