The word jihad and the mullahs

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jan 6, 2009 at 08:18

Our dear maya who pontifictaes about a language, Arabic that is, that he/she cannot speak read or write wrote

>Most of the non-muslims think that jihad is a physical battle.

If by 'physical battle" you mean holy war then this is what the word al-jihad is all about

>well its not.

Well you need to stick to urdu as you shall see

>Jihad means struggle that a muslim does to be a good muslim.

No the word here would be ijtihad or strive to improve and it does not mean jihad

>Like when we wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning that's jihad,

No that is not jihad that is it is istiyqaz fi al-sa3a arba3 aw khamsa fi al-sabah oh the Arabic? I do not translate arabic for wannabe arabs

>when muslim men and boys go to read jummah in the mosque thats jihad,

ROTFL Pakistani Arabic what on earth is "read jummah"? oh you mean al-jum3a? and what they do in the mosque is al-sala or the praying not jihad or holy war

>when muslim women and girls read jummah at home thats jihad.

ROTFL Pakistani Arabic again and what on earth is "read jummah"? Oh the old segregation and so much for the equality of sexes in islam

>yes physical battle is a part of it

So our dear maya admits that the word jihad means holy war

>but only when necesarry not for fun.

If it is not fun then why have a doctrine of holy war in islam? Let me guess so Allah and his rasul as per Q8:41 get 1/5 of the loot collected from us infidles. Right?

>Some people do alot of wrong things in the name of god which they shouldn't.Jus because you are a muslim doenst mean you will go to heaven, you have to be a good human and a good muslim.

And some victims of Arabian imperialism like you are in the habit of repeating the same nonsense they hear from their mullahs about what is really jihad and pontificate about a language, Arabic that is, that they cannot speak read or write.

Now here is your lesson in Arabic for today: From the root JHD we have the following 2 stems (yes there are more stems but this is Arabic 101):

1. Yufa3il: and now we have Yujahid (he fights a holy war) mujahid (holy fighter) jihad (holy war)

2, Yafta3il and a very different stem and now we have Yajtahid (he strives to improve) mujtahid (or he who strives to improve) ijtihad (striving to improve)

Very different stems and very different words. So you see our dear maya it does not surprise me now how come Muslims are told this nonsense about the lesser jihad (holy war) and the greater jihad (oh the jihad of the pen (sic)) and it goes as follows and I'm only papaphrasing the muslims sources:

Early on those Arabs that invaded the Middle East (and were brutalizing the people of the Middle East with their jihad or holy war) asked the lazy Ulama who were sitting on their rear ends and enjoying the loot collected by those terrorists that invaded the Middle east and I'm paraphrasing here again: How come you guys (the ulama) sit on your rear ends enjoying the meats and marrows and the food and the dancing girls and the 4 wives and slaves and we are on the battle field and some of us being killed? Well the lazy Ulama came up with this little gem about the greater and the lesser jihad and the sad thing Arabs and wannabe Arabs like you still believe this nonsense

>regards maya

I urge you to abandon islam and be free again

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