Refuting misconceptions:2-jihad not terrorism

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

That's a bastardisation of the original meaning which removes the moral imperative for peace. The old law was an eye for an eye which Jesus correctly interpreted as turn the other cheek.

That's one interpretation.(ignoring for the nonce that the biblical Jesus is myth)

I asked an orthodox rabbi about "an eye for an eye" as I could not understand why the Torah also says "vengeance is mime said the Lord,I will repay"

The explanation I got was that "an eye for an eye" is about compensation,not revenge. That makes sense to me, as much of Abrahamic law is based on the code of Hammurabi,which emphasises compensation. In some Islamic countries,blood money may still be paid to avoid the death penalty

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To claim "jihad"does not include the notion of holy war is naive or dishonest. It's certainly ignorant. Islam engaged in holy wars of conquest for the first 100 years after the death of the prophet. The word 'jihad' means;'struggle',which has profound non violent meanings as well as war.

In western societies the term jihad is often translated as "holy war".[10] Muslim authors tend to reject such an approach stressing non-militant connotations of the word.[11] In technical literature regarding the concept of jihad the term "holy war" is often used to describe it.[12] However, scholars of Islamic studies often stress that both words are not synonymous.[13]

Warfare (Jihad bil Saif)

Within classical Islamic jurisprudence—the development of which is to be dated into the first few centuries after the prophets death[21]—jihad is the only form of warfare permissible under Islamic law, and may consist in wars against unbelievers, apostates, rebels, highway robbers and dissenters renouncing the authority of Islam.[22] The primary aim of jihad as warfare is not the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam by force, but rather the expansion and defense of the Islamic state.[23][24

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad#Warfa...il_Saif.29