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salam alikum all

And I know that u have a problem with the concept of jihad long time.

No dear mother, I dont have a problem with the concept of Jihad. Yet there is a time and a reason for everything. you shouldnt start a Jihad for the smallest thing. its not the age of empires any more and I hope it wont be. the Catholic church has alot of blood on its hands because of the hundreds of holy wars (crusades) it made against the jews, muslims and other nations. i do not want to see Islam in that dress.

we are not to offend. we are to defend only. when our nation is under attack, then its our duty to defend it. and when i say defend it, i mean repeling the attackers and destroying them. yet non the less, its not wrong to push the battle into the invading nation's land and take it. yet the inocent civilians should not die and be forsaken as much suffer as possible. it is only the laws of Jihad i'm stating, am i not?

But we have to think of our children are being killed in Palestine and Iraq I do not think that

all of you saw these kids and children.

we grief for them. and its all the more why we should free our land from the invaders. yet ours is not the same mentality. if they kill our children, we will punish he who killed them. the death of our child is sad, yet it does not give us the right whatsoever to kill their child in return. there is nothing gained by killing their children. we punish them for their crimes by death, yet their civilans are inocent.

concerning your second point, brother Najjar, there is more religious freedom in the west than in arabia. so there is no need to fight them for the spread of Islam.