Jihad is steadfast

Submitted by Abdul Aziz bin Aznan (Malaysia), Nov 26, 2006 at 03:39

Forcing to become muslim is not jihad.

In the long history of islamic civiliisation you don't see Islamic preachers used sword and weapons or other means of force to force man to be a muslim. On the contrary, conversion to Islam is voluntary. Being steadfast in preaching to persuade man to be muslim and maintain as a muslim person is the full right of any religion preacher. That is exactly what those words mean.

Protecting the islamic religion is an obligation of every muslim . This is all jihad. Islam is not forcing non-muslim to be muslim. iT is the non-muslim who are forcing the muslim to leave islam and islam way of life That is why muslims are invoking the call for Jihad.

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