Ever heard of ji-had? It sais to kill all the pagans and those that do not belive in muhhamid.
Muhammad(PBUH)
Jihad Its one word
Do you know Hebrew? Its a bit close to Arabic, I'd assume.
Kafr = Non-Believer. In Greek translation, the usual go-to guy when translating Arabic to Latin languages, all you find is "Infidel" and "Pagan". Why? Idk. Sadly enough, people then think that Muslims are out to kill said 'Infidels' which somehow when speaking about them is a synonym to 'Kafr'.
Its not, therefore that is not the definition of Jihad.
Paganism in Arabic has its own word, by the way. I just can't recall it atm :S
So there's only two things left.
A) The religion contradicts itself, by saying that A) You shouldn't kill, and live peacefully with those of the Book. And then saying B) Kill all Non-Believers.
Or, we could be more logical and realize that possibly the usual translations of Arabic are picked up wrong, and assume that Jihad means struggle.
If, America started persecuting Muslims, we'd have a right to Jihad. In my opinion, blowing up two building for no reason was not really along those lines.
If, you have an extreme terrorist movement that uses the term Jihad to fight for something, then, in my opinion, that should not disintegrate the worth of the word itself.
In effect, its he who dies for Islam thats using Jihad, not someone that is using the religion for its own benefits. Islam is quite influential, probably not to you, but throughout history its been used to topple Empires. So to many Muslims, its not something you can instalable as murderous and a breeding ground of hate, because, simply put, its not.
WAIT!~
Before I click submit.
Learn history. He deleted that shortly after he realised that the jews were not converting to Islam. Ever seen a map of the muslim empire? Look better at palestine next time you see one.
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Dude holy freaking **** you went there.
Here's a history. There were people called the Romans. They dominated Eurasia. (excluding India, Middle East, and China if you count it)
The Muslim empire, from the Umayyad clan, after the death of a few Caliphs...
700 CE.
Are we with each other?
The Roman Empire lasts roughly 1000 Years, 500 BCE - 500 CE.
We are so getting there.
But wait! The Byzantine is there, and they control the place till 640.
Its safe to say, that by the time so called 'Palestine' [Modern day Israel] Jews were for the most part exiled/Not in the best conditions
The Umayyad lay their religious claim to the area, and of course are spreading Islam -- They lay siege to the city, not against the Jews but against the Byzantine. 640 CE Omar Ibn Al Khattab lays a Siege to Jerusalem, I think there were like 7 registered cities that accepted rule, agreed to the Jizya (Tax), and for the next 1300 years Palestine (Or the adopted Arab name 'Filastin'
was under possession of Islamic rule.
Only problem with this is:
The last Prophet (PBUH) did not conquer Palestine in his lifetime, Another fail on you. So obviously the 'co-operational treaties' were in effect until then.
History lesson over.
Oh and PS: The only fights between Jews and Muslims that ever took place during Pre-Imperial Islamic times was between a few clans, who, allegedly, according to the Muslims, broke that very treaty.
Gj Class, A+
