reply MW

Submitted by tariq (United Arab Emirates), Dec 4, 2005 at 05:29

mw said: "ok, if Jihad is not "holy war" as you believe, then why are all these muslim terrorists killing people in the name of "allah" ?
if all the muslims did not agree with my meaning of jihad, then there would have been no 9/11 attacks, and there would not have been the Kosheh slaughter in egypt, and there would not be hundreds of copts dying in indonesia right now in the name of your "allah". if i'm incorrect about jihad then aparently a lot of your muslims are wrong as well. No one sees christians killing human beings and screaming "in the name if allah".

Meanings dont change with belief. Jihad is arabic word for Striving, not holy war. War in arabic is translated as Qitaal. so if ppl who claim to be muslims commit crime against Islam(eg 9/11) than tht doesnt mean tht Islamic teachings have changed. there are 1.3 billion muslims on this planet and less 20 were directly involved in WTC and Pentagon attacks. So does tht means those 20 ppl are rite and the rest of the world is wrong? No. those ppl, taliban and al qaeda are wrong just like u r MW. This is very sad. I can understand y u believe that jihad means holy war. ur not a muslim so it makes sense tht u dont know much about Islam just like i dont know anything about other religions. But its very sad wen Muslims like Taliban dont know wot Islam is all about and they give Islam a bad name by comitting sins[like killing innocent ppl(muslims as well as non muslims)]

MW said: "his jihad began with your people and it needs to end when your people really understand the meaning of jihad, and put an end to these slaughters. As for the arabic language Mr. Tariq, i am an egyptian myself and speak and understand the arabic language perfectly well, though that is not your issue to discuss. Once again i still stand that jihad IS holy war, as stated by your biggest leaders; osama bin laden, sadam hussain, and many sheikh's i have heard speaking publicly in egypt."

"his jihad began with..." his jihad? whose jihad?
"and it needs to end when your people really understand the meaning of jihad" who is 'your people' the muslims? who r the muslims? Taliban? well i dont think that the taliban are muslims
the Holy Prophet (PBUH) once said tht a muslim is one from whose hand and tongue other muslims are safe" of course hand and tongue has been figuratively, not literally. And as muslims are not safe from taliban Al qaeda etc, they cant be called muslims.

MW said: "As for the arabic language Mr. Tariq, i am an egyptian myself and speak and understand the arabic language perfectly well, though that is not your issue to discuss"

ur are an Egytian? really? u live in a muslim majority country and yet u dont understand arabic? how should i know tht u live in egypt and not in tel aviv(or any other place)? u say tht u understand arabic perfectly well than how come u dont know tht jihad means to strive and war in arabic means Qitaal?
maybe thts not my issue to discuss. But being a non-muslim u have no rite and absolutely no credibility to discuss about jihad.

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