Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Only in Iraq: Jihad Wrangler

TerroristscarFrom Wikipedia:
The term "Jihad" is often used to describe purely physical and military "religious war". A majority of Muslims hold that this understanding only makes up part of the broader meaning of the concept of jihad. The denotation is of a struggle, challenge, difficulty or (frequently) opposed effort, made either in accomplishment or as resistance. A person who engages in any form of jihad can be called a mujahid (in plural: mujahidin) (Arabic: striver, struggler). Jihad has gained notoriety in much of the West because of its usage by various violent fundamentalist groups. Jihad must be understood in the context of the history of Islam, and not only linguistically.

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