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...committing their murder if they had understood it properly. Jihad literally means “struggle,” not holy war. Prophet Muhammed said that the most important (“greater”) jihad is an internal struggle for perfection, while the less important (“lesser??) jihad is the physical struggle against an enemy. This greater jihad is the struggle to conduct oneself in the way that God would want humans to conduct themselves. Achieving this requires waging a jihad against one’s baser tendencies, such as anger or prejudice. Thus...

Author: By Nura A. Hossainzadeh, | Title: Tawhid and Jihad | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

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