jihad in islam
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Is It Holy War?. JIHAD in ISLAM. Meaning of Jihad Is Jihad Holy War ? Jihad vs Qital ? Jihad and Terrorism. Outline. Islam = s-l-m Peace, Submission, Security. What Does Islam Mean?. Jihad = j-h-d To strive, to struggle. Linguistic Meaning of Jihad. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JIHAD IN ISLAMIs It Holy War?
OUTLINE Meaning of Jihad Is Jihad Holy War? Jihad vs Qital? Jihad and Terrorism
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WHAT DOES ISLAM MEAN?
Islam = s-l-m
Peace, Submission, Security
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LINGUISTIC MEANING OF JIHAD
Jihad = j-h-d
To strive, to struggle
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JIHAD IN ISLAM To achieve order, peace, and harmony
within society and the soul To strive in the way of God To use all physical, intellectual, and
spiritual resources for the sake of God To struggle in order to gain God’s
pleasure and love
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TWO ELEMENTS OF JIHAD Spreading the Word of
God Struggling to do the
right and to resist evil
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LEVELS OF JIHAD Internal Jihad
Non-violent struggling within oneself for a life of virtue (22:77-78, 29:5-6)
External Jihad In the battlefield; for defense and
liberation (2:190-193, 60:8-9)
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IS JIHAD HOLY WAR? This expression is in nowhere in the
Qur’an! War: Inevitable lesser evil, not “holy”? The word "Jihad" is not used in the
Quran to mean “war” For fighting and war another word
called “Qital” is used No transgression (2:190)
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QITAL Qital is to engage in war at the time
when the enemy attack Qital or war is purely
in self-defense (22:39) for when a peace treaty is broken
Because it is a struggle, qital is also an external jihad
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JIHAD AND TERRORISM Killing one person =
Killing all humanity. Suicide is forbidden. Islam abhors
extremism, terrorism, fanaticism, and oppression
Putting jihad next to terrorism is no way possible!
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CONCLUSION
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Islam advocates moderation “Peace is the best” (4:128) In today’s world, a Muslim’s
Jihad is to educate the people around him about Islam
SOURCES USED
Questions and Answers About Faith by F. Gulen
http://www.islam-usa.net/ Qur’an: 22:39-41, 9:20, 4:95, 5:35, 29:69,
2:190.
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