The Meaning of Jihad
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An excellent post on yet another attempt by Islamic scholars from four nations (Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) to define the true meaning of jihad, at Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch.
It does no good simply to pretend that this is not so and hope that it will go away; it must be understood because it is a fundamental cause of innumerable conflicts around the world today. If we don’t understand the goals and motives of our opponents, how will we possibly prevail against them in the “war of ideas” that is so central to the war on terror?