About Jihad

Submitted by Hassan, Apr 5, 2007 at 16:09

Wait, define Jihad based on the actions of a ruthless dictator who doesn't know squat about Islam himself... Jihad is the arabic word meaning "struggle"... A Jihad could apply to a jihad of the heart which is a struggle over good and evil in the mind, a jihad of the tongue which applys to a struggle over evil waged by writing and speech, A Jihad over oppression, which is the where all the negative stereotypes related to jihad come from. It is stated that should someone want to kill you because of your religion, you as a muslim have the right to kill them... thats Jihad...

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