Sentences with phrase «jihad means»

I don't want anyone in my neighborhood who thinks jihad means kill Americans.

read it first... no where does it give credece to terror... Jihad means An individual's striving for spiritual self - perfection.

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and there is nothing wrong with the name jihad since jihad actually means «fighting for your country and people» without waiting for anything in return, for the love of god there are NO 72 virgins!!!!!! freedom of speech does not mean insulting other people!

The MyJihad ad campaign is using print ads and social media to educate the public about what they say is the true meaning of the word «jihad.»

Jihad — Arabic for «struggle» — is considered a religious duty for Muslims, although there are both benign and militant interpretations of what it means.

Given the size and scope of Islam and the obvious turbulence among many Muslims, the previous question comes into focus: What is the meaning of jihad?

i simply want to know how the «newer» muslim phrophet (don't even know his name) taught his followers how to change the concept of violence as a means for jihad and / or self - defense into something that isn't violent (if that is what he did — i do not know except for this conversation).

The Qur» an: Many who want to understand Islam turn instinctively to the Qur» an to read the scriptures for themselves, They ask what the Qur» an says about Christians and Jews, the Day of Judgment, the status of women, martyrdom, the meaning of jihad and so forth.

Jihad vs. McWorld: How the World Is Both Falling Apart and Coming Together» And What This Means for Democracy By Benjamin R. Barber Times Books, 416 pages, $ 25 Benjamin Barber, the director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University, is....

(Come on, you know that if this was an allegory meant to portray the teachings of Islam, we'd say that this scene condones jihad.)

According to Marcel Boisard, Muslim jurists classify «jihad» (which means «intense effort / total endeavor / striving») into four different types: 1) the intense effort by the heart; 2) the tongue; 3) the hand; and 4) the sword.

or a war aginst invaders... if smeone enters ur home and starts taking over it u'll try and get them out by any means possible... Jihad is a war fought if ur country is invaded by outside forces... which is a right for any human being... one again before passing judgement yuou might want to get ur facts straight... don't listen to what u're told... God has given u a brain... use it... study a religion..

I'm not muslim and I don't know much about it, but I read somewhere that «jihad» was supposed to mean an internal war..

As I understand it, jihad was originally intended as spiritual warfare too, but that concept barely got past the prophet Muhammad's tent flap before it came to mean physical battle.

Those with questions about the meaning of «jihad» might find this video from the Bridges Foundation helpful.

Its full name translates into «People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teaching and Jihad,» but the group is better known by the shorter one, which means «Western Education is a Sin.»

For most of Islam's history, the vast majority of Muslims, including Muslim scholars and religious leaders, have clearly understood jihad to mean primarily a holy war to expand and defend the realm of Islam.

Jihad: Arabic term meaning striving or effort in the service of God.

It explores the greater and lesser jihad, and gets students to collaboratively piece together what Jihad actually is whilst debunking the myth that it means «holy war&rajihad, and gets students to collaboratively piece together what Jihad actually is whilst debunking the myth that it means «holy war&raJihad actually is whilst debunking the myth that it means «holy war».

Though the word has a specific connotation to an American reader, jihad, as Bremer explains, means struggle.

Barber, Benjamin R. Jihad vs. McWorld: How the Planet Is Both Falling Apart and Coming Together — and What This Means for Democracy.

The Mujahideen The Mujahideen (singular mujahid) comes from the word jihad, which means, «struggle.»

Because it is offers them jihad — a struggle — a purpose — a grand narrative — meaning for their meaningless lives.

Allegations of jihad take a different meaning in the modern context.