What is your understanding of what Jihad means?

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#1 wslacker2
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Had a conversation with a Muslim co-worker today about the term. He stated it is not the media-termed definition. It is not what happened on 9-11-01. It is a holy war of one's self against many things. What is your understanding of the word?
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#2 aaronmullan
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I don't know..
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#3 smallcaplegend
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i honestly didnt know what the word meant in the first place, or get the medias definition either
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#4 AtrumRegina
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holy war ...as in the crusades.
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#5 YourOldFriend
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Holy War against moral and religious impurities is the impression I got. Ie, the Crusades, or a personal strive to overcome sins.
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#6 Twiggiy
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I understood that it was when people in Battlefield games put C4 on a jeep and then detonated it when they ran into people.
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#7 Dexter-Morgan
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Jihad is when culture is pitted against culture, when the world is formed of vast tiny or massive groups such as clan, religion, state, country, and even continent is pitted against one another.

Jihad is one of the two possible future of the world

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Jihad is when culture is pitted against culture, when the world is formed of vast tiny or massive groups such as clan, religion, state, country, and even continent is pitted against one another.

Jihad is one of the two possible future of the world

Dexter-Morgan

Kind of like it is now? In a way?

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#9 -Wykydtron
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Jihad - Slayer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3TudB5J10

ohhh yeah (song starts like 20 sec in)

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#10 Dexter-Morgan
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[QUOTE="Dexter-Morgan"]

Jihad is when culture is pitted against culture, when the world is formed of vast tiny or massive groups such as clan, religion, state, country, and even continent is pitted against one another.

Jihad is one of the two possible future of the world

wslacker2

Kind of like it is now? In a way?

yeah, the world will either completely turn that way, or fall into the "mcworld" status.

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#11 martialbullet
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Jihad is the name of my cousin's boyfriend....nice guy :)
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#12 wslacker2
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Jihad - Slayer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3TudB5J10

ohhh yeah (song starts like 20 sec in)

-Wykydtron

That song rocked.

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#13 Kritical_Strike
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Whenever someone suicides in a vehicle in any game (but mostly BF), it's referred to as a Jihad.
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#14 elblanquito_81
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Everytime I hear it mentioned, I remember this comedy special by Robin Williams where he said, "Jihad sounds like a country western: JEE-HAAA!!".
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Jihad - Slayer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3TudB5J10

ohhh yeah (song starts like 20 sec in)

-Wykydtron

dead skin mask is much better!

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#16 SAURON221
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Jihad means in Islam "strive" or "struggle."Jihad has been used as a physical struggle such as with Christan's in the crusades and such, or a personal struggle such as a jihad with the soul.
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Had a conversation with a Muslim co-worker today about the term. He stated it is not the media-termed definition. It is not what happened on 9-11-01. It is a holy war of one's self against many things. What is your understanding of the word?wslacker2

Well please tell your co-worker that the media did not give that meaning to the word jihad. The muslims that blew them selves up did. And I don't think I have even heard the media in the last year even say the word jihad.