KillBill skrev 2025-12-21 12:49:09 följande:
Det du skriver innehåller flera förenklingar och felaktigheter om både islam och kristendom.
Jihad i islam betyder egentligen "strävan" eller "kamp" och syftar främst på den inre moraliska kampen för att leva rätt.
Det är en förenkling att säga att Nya testamentet helt saknar våldsamma element. Jesus predikar visserligen fred, men Bibeln har historiskt tolkats för att legitimera våld, till exempel under korståg och koloniala expansioner.
Nordirlandkonflikten var främst politisk, men religion fungerade som en stark identitetsmarkör och våldet legitimerades ofta religiöst, även om målen handlade om makt och självstyre.
Föreställningen att vanliga muslimer skulle tro att självmordsdåd automatiskt uppfyller jihad och ger paradisbelöning är fel. Självmord är förbjudet i islam och att döda oskyldiga är ett av de allvarligaste brotten. Den så kallade belöningen med 72 jungfrur är en omstridd och ofta feltolkad hadith som främst används i extremistpropaganda.
Det är inte korrekt att kristna saknar incitament för religiöst motiverat våld. Historiskt och i modern tid har grupper legitimerat våld med kristna argument, till exempel korsriddarna och extremistsekter (exempelvis sekter som mördat abortläkare). Att påstå att korsriddarna aldrig dödade kvinnor och barn är fel ? vid Jerusalems erövring 1099 massakrerades hela städer, inklusive kvinnor och barn.
Om Jihad:
Muslims claim that jihad does not mean holy war. Technically, they are correct.
In Arabic, the word jihad literally means ?struggle? or ?striving.? It is related to the word, jahada, defined as ?exerting one?s utmost power, efforts, endeavors or ability in contending with an object of [disapproval].?[2] In the Quran, the word is often part of a larger phrase ?jihad in the path of God.?
Jihad may be waged against a variety of targets: a human enemy, one?s own evil desires, even Satan. Contemporary Muslim societies often use the word jihad the way Americans use the word crusade. Hence, authorities in a Muslim country might declare, say, a ?jihad against drugs.?
So there are several kinds of jihad recognized within Islam: ?Jihad of the heart,? which is the struggle against oneself; ?jihad of the tongue? or ?jihad of the pen,? which involve persuasion, exhortation and instruction for the cause of Islam; ?jihad of the sword;? and so on.[3]
Still, the primary meaning of jihad is physical combat.
As unbelievers, such people may be fought by physical means. Indeed, they must be fought because they will not peaceably relinquish the ability to legislate for themselves:
It is not that Islam loves to draw its sword and chop off people?s heads with it. The hard facts of life compel Islam to have its sword drawn and to be always ready and careful. God knows that those who hold the reigns of power are hostile to Islam and that they will always try to resist it.[26]
This was the ideology followed by the militants who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981. It is also the ideology that is behind most Islamic terrorism today?including that of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network.
Modernist interpretations notwithstanding, it is clear that military jihad?even in its expansionist form?is an authentic part of Islam.
No matter how you cut it, Muhammad was not only a religious leader, but a military leader who waged war against his enemies as soon as he had the means. Following his example, Muslims quickly carved out an enormous empire. And what ended Muslim expansion was not a change of heart or doctrine, but European military might.
Furthermore, the traditional doctrine of jihad remains alive to this day.
Modernist interpretations notwithstanding, it is clear that military jihad?even in its expansionist form?is an authentic part of Islam.
No matter how you cut it, Muhammad was not only a religious leader, but a military leader who waged war against his enemies as soon as he had the means. Following his example, Muslims quickly carved out an enormous empire. And what ended Muslim expansion was not a change of heart or doctrine, but European military might.
Furthermore, the traditional doctrine of jihad remains alive to this day.
https://www.answering-islam.org/Terrorism/by_the_sword.html