Jihad - The Meaning |
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Leii
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Posted: 18 September 2006 at 9:15am |
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Sorry if this is open somewhere else but I am following someone's suggestion in another thread to start this topic and ask the question: What does Jihad mean? Or what is the meaning of it? I always thought it meant Holy War but maybe I got the wrong end of the stick here! Could someone please explain it to me? |
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superme
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It means natural struggle. Something that we do it in an instant. An act that we must do. A pregnant woman is doing jihad because it is a natural struggle. A man working to feed his family is doing jihad. When you fight a burglar that robbing your house you are doing jihad. It is natural struggle. When people defending their own country from an invading foreigners they are doing jihad. I am now doing jihad explaining my best to you because it is natural for me to do this. Now you have the idea of what it is - now you can find further that fall into jihad. |
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Leii
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Why has Jihad come to be interpreted as Holy War? Why is it used to describe the conflict between Isreal and the rest of the Middle East? I am not trying to insult or provoke, I am genuinely interested to know |
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Leii
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Sorry to clarify - perhaps I should have asked why had Jihad come to mean Holy War, the conflict with Israel etc in the West? Is this just the Western interpretation of it? Is it just the result of trying to over-simplify different cultures, words, meanings etc so that it is available and accessible for everyone to understand? |
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ak_m_f
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search jihad in forum search option.
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superme
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Qital or fighting is part of jihad.
There are millions of palestinian refugees who want to return to their homes, unless if you have any othere sugestion what they suppose to do? And the remaining palestinian in there also want to live in their home freely. Being free at home without fear is natural for human to live, unless of course if you want to say otherwise?
Don't worry about that with me, it will take you few post of insults before I will remind you first with question if it is insultive even to your standard. Otherwise it will be different people with different ideologies, ideologies that have shaped us into what we are today. |
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JihadOther Commonly Used Spellings: JIHAAD
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Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Qur'an 55:13 |
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Leii
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Thank you Peacemaker
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