Internal struggle Quote by Marvin Olasky

I have written on numerous occasions that there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer…

— Robert Spencer

American jihadists are generally motivated by a mix of factors, including dislike of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world.

— Peter Bergen

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

— Mark Durie

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

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

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

— Timothy Noah

American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak mayhem.

— George Packer

“He used the term jihad in both spiritual and physical contexts, but the physical jihad is the one Muhammad strongly emphasizes.33 The peaceful practice…

— Nabeel Qureshi

“Jihad,” in Arabic, means “the struggle.” There are two types in Islam, the greater and the lesser. Both are seen as noble. The greater…

— Amanda Lindhout

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

— John O. Brennan

Radical jihadists hate Americans for who we are. They cannot be managed. They cannot be trusted. Engaging them is a tragic fool's errand. We…

— Pete Hoekstra

Muslim communities are the ones that going to see radicalization happening at a mosque or hear it in the community or even among their…

— Marco Rubio

“It is simplistic and naive to explain jihadism merely as an inevitable growth from Islam’s ‘violent’ scripture, or as no more than a miscarried…

— Jonathan A.C. Brown