Jihad like Crusades

Submitted by Understand (United Kingdom), Jun 16, 2006 at 00:36

When your country is occupied from foreign invaders, resisting the occupation is called Jihad.

'The believers are like one body, when a part of it feel pain, the whole body is in fever (pain)' Muhammed (PBUH), when your Muslim brothers and sisters are unjustly treated, helping them is jihad.

When there is intense rivalry between two nations the muslims and the non muslims, fighting against is called jihad. Like a sovereign nation legitimises an army, the muslim UMMAH legitimises a force.

Routing out evil and corruption in the land is jihad.

Fighting your self and desires from the temptation of shaythan, that is jihad.

General struggle, is jihad.

Killing innocent civilian, non-combatants, women and children, elderly is NOT jihad. As shown throughout the life of the Prophet (PBUH).

Today you find many people re-analysing the texts and tradtions to find ways to incorperate their views, to justify and legitimise their actions. Jihad must be understood thoroughly, within bounds.

Jihad is NOT holy war, it is as sacred for mankind to clean him/herslef daily, as it is jihad in Islam an integral and pillar in islam. Accept as you wish.

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