جنگ، جہاد اور قتل 09

Abstract

Keeping in view the wave of terrorism especially in the Muslim world during the past couple of decades, the most debated topic, particularly by western media, has been the concept of Jihad in Islam. The topic has largely been misinterpreted probably to malign grand sprit and concept of Jihad in Islam. The word “Jihad” in contemporary world is translated as ‘Holy War’ which does not exist in Islamic believes. Despite the fact that Jihad literally means ‘struggle’ or ‘striving’ and a very broad concept in Islam, it is generally misunderstood in western world and confined to a warfare and armed struggle against non-believers (non-Muslim). In Holy Qur’an it is a word that is distinct from ‘qitaal’, which means armed conflict. But, unfortunately ‘Jihad’ despite of being a generalized word, is being taken more like ‘qitaal’ a very distinct and specific term in nature