Jihad, Wrongly undersood ?

Submitted by Chuchu Solom (Ethiopia), Jan 9, 2007 at 02:13

We heard many people who might be affiliates of Islam dwells to tell us Jihad has been understood wrongly, though they define it as a holy war. The surprising fallacy is here , how there can be a war , which is in practice taking the lives of a respected creature (human being) and yet holy? I think it should be the word "holy" be defined with respect to the Islam or muslim not the jihad. Holy by its very definition mean taking every creature blessed, otherwise a contradiction to the reason of creation of its creator ( GOD or ALAH or.. the super natural power ..) who brings every thing to his will. There is one blind thinking upon most of the muslims, mostly the teachers that says "you would die on what i believe".

Thought not defined as jihad but there was a war decleared by the muslims in ethiopian christians to leave their church and become muslim or die, just recently on october 2006. In that circumstance no body was against the muslims but they were after their christian neighbours. So I dont think a holy war (if any) will be decleared on somebody who was living around and sharing many social activities.

I recommend those who are in favor of jihad should accept the practical meaning of jihad not its articulated verses.

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