Making Jihad, Is Iran Culpable?
"he who equips a warrior of jihad is like the one who makes jihad himself"
Egyptian cleric Wagdy Ghuneim on May 24, 1998 in Brooklyn, New York American Jihad The Terrorists Among Us by Steven Emerson
Based on the tenants of the Muslim faith it is the responsibility of every Muslim to make jihad. The big argument in the Muslim community is what does jihad mean exactly.
For mainstream Muslims, jihad means the internal struggle to do what is right; an internal struggle between good and evil.
For Muslim fundamentalist, who are part of the extremist fringe, jihad means actual fighting for their perceived holy cause. With the end result of bringing God's paradise to Earth, through turning the world into a Muslim state which strictly follows the Qur'an.
From the Islamic Extremists perspective, this "jihad" is to be achieved by any and all costs, with infidels (non-Muslims) and "unenlightened" Muslims (those Muslims the extremists feel have strayed from the "true" faith, from their viewpoint) as innocent victims who will suffer from the violence to achieve these ends.
With that said, Iran is performing jihad through Hezbollah. Iran's hatred of Israel is well documented from writings of the ruling Mullahs to speeches from the Iranian President. Iran is championing the Hezbollah cause and performing jihad actively.
Hey what about Syria?? You know Iraq is not the only one funding terrorism against Israel.
Syria has its hands all over terroristic actions in the Middle East and historically has funded Hezbollah as well. I don't see Syria even mentioned in this post or blog. What about them?
So if Iraq is doing jihad by funding Hezbollah right now, Syria is actively participating in jihad as well.
How about jihad in Indonesia, Pakistan, Spain, and other spots in the world who is funding them?
Posted by secret_citizen159 | Fri Jul 28, 08:01:00 PM EDT
Yes you are totally right, Secret Citizen. Syria has been actively involved in the terrorism in the Middle East and particularly involved with Hezbollah's fight against Israel.
We have not forgotten about them and their involvement in terrorism. In fact that could be a really great new blog post for next week.
Posted by The Watcher | Fri Jul 28, 08:05:00 PM EDT