Canada Ping!
The combination of the Boston bombings and these two bearded jihadis in Canada is clarifying the notion of jihad in Canadian minds, it would appear. The Establishment media have no reasonable counter-narrative to explain motivation, thus jihadism grabs the limelight.
This is hopeful.
If you go onto our “how to” page, on the main site, you’ll finnd a bunch of recipes for explosives and bombs. They’re not complete, just cutouts from instruction videos. Those instruction videos formed the backbone of what Hamas, Hezbollah, AQ and others were doing over a period of years.
And they’re made in Iran.
Jihad is the Muslim term for "psychotic break" and it is encouraged.
Jihad must die. Those partaking can leave peacefully or otherwise.
The 72 virgins they get are a cross betweens the world's ugliest female and a camel!! :)
And if they do denounce the doctrine of jihad they are labeling themselves apostates and stand to be sentenced to death by any imam that takes it in his mind to do so.
With all the hot blooded idealistic young Muslims out there you have a good chance of getting your throat cut for speaking out against jihad.
Regarding the saying that the "greater jihad" is an inner spiritual struggle, it is from a hadith whose authenticity is disputed:
"There is a Hadith related by a group of people which states that the Prophet [peace be upon him] said after the battle of Tabuk: 'We have returned from Jihad Asghar [lesser jihad] to Jihad Akbar [greater jihad].' This hadith has no source, nobody whomsoever in the field of Islamic Knowledge has narrated it. Jihad against the disbelievers is the most noble of actions, and moreover it is the most important action for the sake of mankind."Bottom line: the definitive mentions of what jihad is, all have it as being a struggle against enemies, generally a violent struggle:
A man asked [the Prophet]: "...and what is Jihad?" He [peace be upon him] replied: "You fight against the disbelievers when you meet them (on the battlefield)." He asked again: "What kind of Jihad is the highest?" He [peace be upon him] replied: "The person who is killed whilst spilling the last of his blood."Any statements to the contrary is just taqiyya to befuddle the infidels.