Jihad translates
to struggle; it is based in three levels, personal, verbal and physical.
Personal refers
to the internal struggle to rid ones self of all evil influences and the
challenge of always putting Allah above everything else in your life including
family, wealth and your own life.
Verbal jihad is
striving for justice by using words and non-violent action we saw an example of
this after the recent Anti-Islam video where thousands of Muslims took to the
streets in peaceful protest, however we also saw physical jihad where people
use physical force to defend Allah and their beliefs.
Every religion is
entitled to defend itself to a point however there are always those small few
who take it a step to far and example of this is “bedroom Jihad”. A small group
of Muslims are deciding to fight through populating. One report was of a man
from Singapore whose aim was to impregnate as many women as possible; this
included two of his daughters. This man used his interpretation of the Qur’an
to justify his views.
Like people who
execute physical Jihad through suicide bombings there are only a small
percentage thought the religion as a whole but unfortunately enough to give
Islam a bad name.
References:
- http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_jihad.htm
- http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/AyeshaAhmed60501.htm
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