what is jihad

Submitted by Sohn H (United States), Oct 24, 2006 at 01:27

wow, some of you need to read up a little more about jihad. you say that conquering and what not but its actually the other way around. jihad means to give up things to change the way of life you are in example " a guy moves over seas because he doesnt want his children to grow up doing drugs and drinking alcohol like most teenagers these days. and he knows that moving over seas is going to be hard because alot of third world countries dont have much money, but he does it anyway because he knows that it will benefit his family and him self.." think about it.

dont take what you hear on the news and write down an opinion and state it as a fact because what i have read from about 5 of these articles are not true at all... the word islam is a break off of the word salam, salam means peace, for any jewish people out there im pretty sure you know that shalom is the same word just translated into hebrew.

im not going to talk about anyone on here but "SOME" of you need to read alittle more before trying to post facts.

and just for your info islam is the 2nd fastest and hinduism is the 1st. so dont say that christianity is 1st cause thats not true no matter how much you want it to be.

peace you guys, take care i hope you decide to read some more after reading my reply to this article.

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