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Hydarabad contact
by joseph on Aug 11, 2008 04:30 PM

Reference to Hyderabad Contact's article about Fundamentalist to oppress Muslims, I agree some of the points of your article. Being a Muslim it is my duty to tell my Muslim brothers that don't do any thing which is against Islamic teachings. killing of innocent people is not a Jihad, it is act of terror and it is not permisible in Islam. Killing innocent people is a great sin. Did God or Mohammad says to kill innocent people in the name of Jihad ? NO. Most of our Muslim brothers don't even know the meaning of Jihad. There are many meanings to Jihad. Strugling for your own cause, for example: To get a degree from a college or University you have to study hard you are stuggling for this, so it is a form of Jihad, then to get a job you have to struggle again, that is also can call Jihad , to fight for your legal rights, for example: your land is occupaied by others illegally then you will fight to get back through court or any arbitration, that we can aslo call Jihad because it is also a struggle, so all the legal rights for which you struggle & fight can call Jihad, and if some one is disallowing or objecting to practice your religion, or creating hurdles, or insult your religion or announcing a war on your religion etc... against all these oppression your fight will be called a Jihad. Jihad means not killing , Jihad is a fight against all oppressions. Do we Muslims have the full knowledge of Islam ? If yes then Muslim will never join in terrorist activities, will never

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