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“Jihad is misused by fundamentalists. The Quranic meaning is not meant for war at all, in the sense of killing.”

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Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.

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Real 'imaan' is faith in humanity, so those who deny goodness are kafirs.

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Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

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People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

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To protect one's identity is a Constitutional right.

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The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of thought.

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Religion helps you relate with the universe. Buddha was indifferent to the concept of god yet he gave us values.

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The Sufi saint Mazhar Jaan Jana of 18th century Delhi believed that the Quran condemns bowing before deities because in pre-Islamic idol worship stones…

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Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.

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My personal belief is we should not bow to any object. But Islam was aware of this human weakness and fulfilled that need through…

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I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden.

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I was told by my father, who was a priest, that it was the basic duty of a Muslim to establish peace on earth...…

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We in US need active intelligence: people being on the streets, people being able to stop and ask questions of individuals that they suspect…

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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of…

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The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

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Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.

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“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to personalize or…

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Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and…

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This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state but against…

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Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are…

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The best jihad is to speak a word of justice to an oppressive ruler.

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Our Jihad will remain on Palestinian soil that is wide and large.

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Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even…

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We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy…

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