Jihad is redefined in the source as broader than fighting, and as something that may be an ethical, peaceful, or defensive act. With this expansion, the author overturns the traditional equation with fighting and conquest, and makes it a concept linked to value-based service rather than aggression.
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- Jihad is broader than fighting
- Jihad, fighting, and martyrdom are distinct concepts
- The cause and the aim in fighting must not be conflated
- Qur’anic fighting is defensive and bounded, and the historical context prevents legitimizing terrorism
- Drying up the sources of terrorism requires returning religion to the Qur’an, freedom, and mercy, and stripping traditional violence of legitimacy
- The tradition’s conflation of jihad, fighting, and conquest