Believer Quote by Majid Khadduri

Jihad is described as a war against Muslims, to establish the religion.

— Mark Durie

The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose…

— Majid Khadduri

But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the…

— Reza Aslan

Jihad is not holy war

— Lupe Fiasco

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

— John O. Brennan

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

There's no question that jihad historically means war.

— Pat Robertson

Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.

— Abu Bakr

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

— Asghar Ali Engineer

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

— Asghar Ali Engineer

The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state.

— Majid Khadduri

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.

— Ralph Peters