As I’ve said
before, Islam is a machine that runs on an engine powered by jihad. Jihad can
come in many different guises, not just violence…and this is where Islam gets
tricky…and deceptive. Jihad does not mean holy war (it can include holy war).
Jihad actually means “struggle”. It includes much more than war and violence.
Jihad can be done with words, a pen, money and courts. The Qur’an lays out the
vision of jihad. The Sira (Muhammad’s biography) lays out the strategies of
jihad. The hadith (traditions) give us the warlike tactics. Again, all modeled
upon Muhammad, because Muhammad is the only perfect Muslim and jihadist. Jihad
takes up about two-thirds of the Sira. There was only a nine-year period in
which Muhammad pursued intense jihad, but the number of pages that are devoted
to it gives you an idea of how important it was to the spread of Islam. It is
critical to note that Islam/Muhammad did not succeed until he turned to jihad.
It’s obvious then why Muslims would look to jihad as their most useful
stratagem.
I know many
have heard Muslims say, “The real jihad is inner struggle, the spiritual
struggle.” That is the Greater Jihad. The jihad of the sword and war is the
Lesser Jihad. But the hadith tell us about the greater jihad— the inner
spiritual struggle. By the numbers only approx. 2% of the hadith are devoted to
this kind of struggle. The other 98% are about enslaving, taxing or killing the
Kafir. Notice again we have a duality. There are two ways to view jihad. A
Muslim may choose whichever he needs for the moment when practicing al-Taqiyya
during a time of eminent danger (which could be jihad). Their beliefs literally
allow them to use circular reasoning in these instances. Present a dual way of
thinking. If under threat claim the peaceful option to gain strategic advantage
and then switch back to violent methods claiming they were under threat.
The most
prominent example of modern jihad is 9/11, African bombings and Paris shootings.
All these are patterned after Muhammad. Muslims claimed “We are the religion of
peace.” The veil of the religion of Islam was used to hide the political act of
jihad. This has been done before as well. Muhammad always covered his political
actions with a religious necessity.
Additionally, the World Trade Center was targeted specifically as a
business center. It was the hope of Al Qaeda that destroying the WTC would
paralyze the American economy. Jihad wherever possible is a political/economic
attack. Similarly Muhammad’s attacks on the caravans were to gain wealth for
himself and to remove wealth from the Kafirs.
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