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by MustrumRidculle
2190 days ago
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'Seventeen derivatives of jihād occur altogether forty-one times in eleven Meccan texts and thirty Medinan ones, with the following five meanings: striving because of religious belief (21), war (12), non-Muslim parents exerting pressure, that is, jihād, to make their children abandon Islam (2), solemn oaths (5), and physical strength (1).'[1] So 29% of the evocations of jihad are about war. Besides, there have been 20+ conflicts thought in the name of 'jihad' since 1980's [2]. I understand that you may have your own definition of what jihad is, but I guess not all muslims will think like you. Besides, social care by islamic organisations such as the Muslim Brotherhood [3] is used as a strategy to gain political power. Not only muslims do it, but when a political / religious group begins to substitute to the state, there is a strong susceptibility that the end goal is political rather than only altruistic. [1]Al-Dawoody, Ahmed (2011). The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 56.
https://archive.org/details/islamiclawwarjus00alda
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad#Warfare_(Jihad_bil_Saif)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood_in_Egypt#So... |
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