![]() In doing so one risks one’s life, but is serving the weak and the oppressed the Prophet therefore describes it as a form of jihad. One form of this was indicated by the Blessed Prophet when he said: ‘the best form of jihad is to speak a true word to a tyrannical ruler’. One dimension of this may be to struggle against one’s own selfishness and cowardice in order to defend one’s people. In religious teaching, it denotes any struggle against the lower, selfish tendencies of the ego. Jihad is an Arabic word meaning ‘struggle’ or ‘effort’. In the name of God, the Compassionate and Merciful WHAT IS JIHAD? UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS DOES ISLAM SANCTION THE USE OF VIOLENCE? WHAT WOULD YOU TELL SUICIDE BOMBERS WHO INVOKE ISLAM TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS? Abdal Hakim Murad on Jihad, Apostasy and Rights of Muslim Womenįrom OnFaith (, Newsweek) Muslims Speak Out Abdal Hakim Muradġ. ![]()
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