08-31-2004, 02:13 PM
Salam alaikum!
I know I have not been around much, but I do still read here and other places.
I recently came across this: http://www.muskurahat.com/islam/teachjihad.asp
It is an article about preparing for Jihad.
Up until now, I believed "Jihad" meant any struggle you do in the cause of God. Such struggles could be writting a book, building a masjid - anything you can do in the cause of God.
But the article above clearly defines Jihad as a term of violent acts (whether one feels they are justified or not, war and fighting is still violence).
How can Islam be the religion of peace, when such articles exist?
To struggle and do for the cause of God, I do not need to know how to opperate mortars, ak-47's, and know martial arts. I can do for the cause of God without violence.
Do muslims really think Muhammad (pbuh) had ak-47's and mortars? Why then, does the author of the article above believe those things are necessary for Jihad?
Do you agree with that article?