THE WORD JIHAD

Submitted by MICHAEL CONNOR (United Kingdom), Apr 14, 2006 at 13:20

i'm from england and the only time i came across this name was in the film t'he mummy' but more to me was in wilber smith books. and after years of reading them i finally looked the word up and i am shocked because i had had the impression that jihadis were fighers of oppression and I had a belief that each man was free to choose his own path. But i have now learnt that jihad means everthing but that. it is a another form of over powerment the strong force on the weak
its funny but i feel disappointed in the word becouse i liked it

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