Fariq Naik – Meaning of Jihaad

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The speaker discusses the misconceptions of " war" and the " war room" in the title of Jihad, which is not only misunderstood by non-English Muslims, but also by those from other cultures. Jihad is a Arabic word that means to strive or struggle, meaning to struggle in self defense against evil tendencies. Jihad also means to strive and struggle in a battlefield.

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			The first number one misconception
the top of the charts is regarding
		
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			the word jihad. Jihad is not only
misunderstood by many of the non
		
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			Muslims, but it is even
misunderstood by many of the
		
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			Muslims, non Muslims as well as
many of the Muslims, they believe
		
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			that jihad is any war fought by
any Muslim, whether it be for any
		
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			reason, whether it be for land,
whether it be for language,
		
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			whether it be for color, whether
it be for race. Jihad does not
		
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			mean any war fought by any Muslim,
whether it be for land, whether it
		
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			be for language, whether it be for
color,
		
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			Jihad comes from the Arabic word
jihad, which means to strive,
		
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			which means to struggle.
		
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			And Islamic terminology, Jihad
means to strive and struggle
		
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			against one's own evil
inclination.
		
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			Jihad also means to strive and
struggle where there is
		
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			oppression. Jihad also means to
strive and struggle in self
		
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			defense.
		
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			Jihad also means to strive and
struggle in the battlefield.
		
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			So Jihad basically means to
strive, to struggle and.