Have you ever looked at the Qur'an

Submitted by Sidra (United States), Dec 28, 2009 at 22:53

You have got to be kidding. Have you ever looked at the Qur'an before or even bothered to know what the word jihad means. It means striving one's utmost. The word Jihad or its derivative has appeared in the Quran for four times in the same literal sense, as we find in the Arabic dictionary. At each place it has been used in the sense of effort and strength and not in the sense of war and fighting. It has been used in a couple verses in the Qur'an In one of them after the verse Muhammad said "today is the day of mercy". It also has nothing to do with war. The Taliban have no idea what theyre doing and probably haven't even bothered to look either. ...

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