Internal Struggel? What Internal Struggle?

Those who say jihad means to better oneself, strive against a tough class at school or to be more patient with the kids are practicing one kind of jihad.  They are not strapping bombs on and blowing themselves up in the name of Allah. 

The problem lies in that those tasked with defining Islamic doctrine always interpret jihad as war against unbelievers, and use the texts and tenets of Islam to justify their actions.  These true followers of Muhammad do not need convincing, we see what they do every day.  More than 16,000 attacks my Islam across the globe since 9/11, and they will keep coming as long as jihad is defined by learned and accepted Islamic scholars.


From Translating Jihad Jan 11

IslamOnline.net: "Offensive Jihad Is Permissible to Secure Islam's Borders, to Extend God's Religion, and...to Remove Every Religion but Islam from the Arabian Peninsula"

IslamOnline.net is listed as the 6th most popular Islamic website in the world. And yet, Western apologists of Islam assure us that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are peaceful, and that Islam rejects offensive jihad. (See Original Arabic here.)

Fighting Against Non-Muslims -- Legitimacy and Rulings

Q: When is it permissible to fight against non-Muslims, and when is it not permissible? Please elaborate.

Mufti: Dr. 'Imad Mustafa, Professor of Fiqh and Its Origins, at the Universities of al-Azhar and Umm al-Qary

In the name of God, praise be to God, and prayers and peace be upon the prophet of God, etc.:

Fighting against non-Muslims is what is known in Islamic jurisprudence as Jihad in the path of God. Jihad is a prescribed duty in cases of aggression from the infidels against Muslims, for we must resist them, make jihad against them, and defend against them. This is according to the text of the Qur'an, for Almighty God has said: "Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors" (Qur'an 2:190). This type of jihad is known as defensive jihad, and it is a duty agreed to by all Islamic scholars and all who are wise, and is endorsed in our day by recognized international charters. However, the occupier and his associates have come to label this "terrorism."

I don't make this stuff up, folks.  He said it.

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