jihad

jihadis

what was it?

who are they?

Not a bunch of crazy

war-fuelled

black-clothed

extremists.

Definitely not

a man

a hater

ploughing a van through

innocents

leaving them with an early encounter of

death.

Absolutely not

Bombers

Killers 

Murderers

ISIS

Struggle.

That is the meaning of Jihad

Jihadi

Someone who struggles.

Like her.

Who struggled to not worry

about that boy

peach skin

green eyes

lean body

-not that she was admitting to staring-

Who still worried that even though they had escaped her father,

he would still come back for her

Who gripped on to the headscarf even

when the heat was too much.

She struggled. 

Like all the other muslims

who do jihad.

Who need to wake up for dawn prayers

Who struggle with school work

Who want to increase Imaan

Tell me,

do they sound like killers?

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In news nowadays, you hear the term 'jihadi' quite a lot. I just thought that I would clear it up by explain 'Jihad' to you people who may be confused.

Jihad essentially means 'struggle' and the term jihadi essentially means 'struggler'. There are two main types of jihad: major and minor.

Major Jihad is struggle within oneself. Examples are, getting up early to fast, or praying that one extra prayer. In fact, even non-muslims commit jihad. A good example is 'struggling' to wake up for school/work. A lot of us do it even though its hard.

Minor jihad basically means the circumstances used to protect Islam against others. This jihad can only be done is there is no other peaceful alternatives. If military jihad is required to protect the faith against others, it can be performed using anything from legal, diplomatic and economic to political means. However, even to this there are rules.

During this Jihad, no minors, women, children, the elderly or innocents are allowed to be harmed. It is also forbidden to commit this jihad and hurt the environment and trees. This includes buildings as well. In addition to that, if there is a peace treaty, they must accept.

I hope that clears things up.

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