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| Preventing the West from Understanding Jihad By Walid Phares |
| 2007-07-21 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #1 In truth, everything in religion can be redefined and used in all sorts of ways. Jihad is just a word. What matters is how that word is applied, and by who. Someone can talk all sweetness and light, but if they and their peers and followers engage in violence, they have forked tongues. Conversely, they might have a very strict definition of what Jihad means, but if they never DO anything about it, it is no problem. A Jack Chick tract can be seen as an ultraviolent manifesto against all other religions, but those who believe what he writes don't go around blowing up buildings and killing people. A few kooks might blow up an abortion clinic, but they need little stimulation to do that anyway: the words just preach to the choir. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-07-21 19:12 |