So, what really is jihad?
- Written by Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Muslim Studies Program, Michigan State University
This term ‘jihad’ can include various forms of nonviolent struggles: for instance, the struggle to become a better person.AP Photo/Lynne SladkyOften, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. This is in part because many writers use the term “jihadist” when describing violent Muslim radicals.
To be sure, such...