FEAR and CONFUSION

Submitted by Mae (Australia), Sep 12, 2005 at 04:09

I am a 16 year old girl. my interest in this topic began because i had to write a report on something controversial for school. as i read up on the many issues of muslim life one of them stood out and struck me like a thorn ....JIHAD. I ask with all sincerity what am i to do to protect myself from this threat. I realise that nobody has yet said "Muslims are coming and those who refuse to convert will be killed", but as a 16 year old anglican girl this was the first thing that occured to me...... I WILL NEVER PRAY TO ANYONE ELSE"S GOD NOT ALLAH OR BUDDAH OR ANY OTHER! Please tell me how to protect myself from this. Also for the sake of my report WHAT IN GOODNESS NAME does Jihad actually mean and where can i get a copy of the quran (personal interest) i would love to be able to make a fully educated decision on my feelings towards muslims and jihadists....

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