Jihad

Submitted by Naheem Malik (United Kingdom), Mar 20, 2009 at 10:15

Jihad does not mean to make war.Jihad means the struggle to produce offspring,It's old meaning has been forgotton.Therefore a person or persons may be in Jihad if there is an occupying force,There is famine,or if there is disease.Therefore jihad is the old scientific name for reproduction.

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