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"There are two commonly accepted meanings of jihad: an inner spiritual struggle and an outer physical struggle.[2]Where does the name Al-Qaeda come from, Hollie?
"Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook wrote that the word al-Qaeda should be translated as 'the database', and originally referred to the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen militants who were recruited and trained with CIA help to defeat the Russians.[68]
"In April 2002, the group assumed the name Qa'idat al-Jihad, which means 'the base of Jihad'. According to Diaa Rashwan, this was 'apparently as a result of the merger of the overseas branch of Egypt's al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamist Jihad, or EIJ) group, led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, with the groups Bin Laden brought under his control after his return to Afghanistan in the mid-1990s.'"
Islamic fundamentalism was funded by the US and other western interests after the Second World War in order to diminish the influence of Arab secular nationalists who believed they were entitled to control the flow of their own sovereign oil.
Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes, George, I see your point. The 1,400 year long Islamic jihad was created and funded by America. Yowza!
Jihad is world wide, diffuse and self-motivating for the jihadist. Al-Qaeda is just a name. So are Islamic Jihad, Abu Sayyaf, Hizbullah, Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas), Al-Ikhwan Al-Moslemoon (the Muslim Brotherhood), Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad in Bilad al-Rafidayn (al-Qaeda in Iraq), and the countless other Islamic terrorist organizations. Whatever name the Islamists prefer to call themselves, they always pass the same message: To kill the infidels and non-believers who would stand between Islam and its delusions of total world supremacy.
"The 'greater jihad' is the inner struggle by a believer to fulfill his religious duties.[2][6]
"This non-violent meaning is stressed by both Muslim[7] and non-Muslim[8] authors.
"However, there is consensus amongst Islamic scholars that the concept of jihad will always include armed struggle against persecution and oppression.[9]"
Possibly you've missed the persecution and oppression the US military has inflicted upon millions of Muslim civilians since 1991? How many civilian infidels have they murdered, maimed, displaced, or forcibly converted in your home town?
Jihad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honestly George, I think itÂ’s silly to cut and paste definitions of jihad from Wiki.
If you want to understand Jihad, take some time to understand islamist ideology.
Moslems refer to the time before Islam as the Jahiliyyah—the so-called time of ignorance in Arabia before Muhammad (swish) opened up his direct line with God. Through centuries of jihad successes, empire building, and the annihilation or subjugation of many different cultures, Moslems became convinced that they really had passed out of this Jahiliyyah. The truth is, though, they ended up creating a new and far superior time of ignorance, brought on by unquestionable koranic literalism and a politicoreligious doctrine comprised mainly of delusions about a God who wants them to conquer the world by violent means.
The koran and the hadith, which are still interpreted literally, are a virulent manifesto of God-given Islamosupremacy, and they are the blueprint for the Religion of Peace's agenda. It's just easier to lay the blame on discrete group of mass murderers with a name, rather than the religious ideology that inspires them.
The holy warriors of al-Qaeda and all other jihad groups are simply pious Muslims who know their koran and sunnah, and who are following the books to the letter. They are back in those days of violent conquest and murder for God when these books were written—the days when they enjoyed so much success at fighting, killing, and subduing infidels. As then, now.