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“The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.”2

— Majid Khadduri

Unlike your quote from the Original Testament, Gondring, which is the history of a people in the past-tense. There are no Jews taking cattle as prey for themselves or smoting, pillaging, looting, destroying cities...that I know of. Only islam relives it's own violent 7th century - every day of the week...as if there's no tomorrow, and that's why islam has no future, IMO.

Thanks for the Ping Jan!

I've contended for quite some time that there may never be another 9-11 scale attack on our nation because it laid the seeds of terror so that our government now employs restrictions on our own citizens whenever a threat is issued.

FDR spoke across social-political divides when he said "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself". Fear must be conquered, not appeased, not left unchallenged, and never bowed too.

Every threat made against our nation must be recognized as being an equal of the 9-11 attacks from an Islamic perspective, and thus treated, and addressed as an act of war. And we must always remember those that employ fear, know its power because they live in fear themselves. We must learn what they fear most and deliver it upon them. Most often their greatest fear is being physically discovered and receiving due punishment.

On the basis of this article, I've added a new section to my FR homepage (visit it for relevant excerpts from the Qur'an and Hadith):

On Jihad and the Quranic concept of war

The US Army War College's journal had an interesting article on The Quranic Concept of War (the title of a book by Brigadier General S. K. Malik of the Pakistani Army). From reading the article, and from my own readings of Qur'an and Hadith, I've come to the conclusion that the vast majority of Westerners do not understand the full concept of Jihad
Jihad is not just armed fighting. It is not just car bombings or crashing planes into buildings. Jihad encompasses any and all acts which serve to advance Islam and the power of Muslims, or weaken the power of non-Muslims.
The end-goal of Jihad is to produce an environment where non-Muslims are afraid to speak out against Islam, and where Muslims do not experience any opposition to their spreading Islam by word and deed
In accordance with this, many activities can be seen as being part of Jihad:

The fatwa against Salman Rushdie is part of Jihad, because it intimidates other writers from mocking Islam
Filing "hate speech" charges against anyone who is critical of Islam (as happened in Australia to Rev Daniel Scott) is part of Jihad, since it intimidates others from speaking out
Murdering artists who make movies critical of Islam (as happened to Theo van Gogh), and politicians critical of Islam (Pim Fortuyn ) is part of Jihad, because it makes others afraid to speak out
A Muslim co-worker complaining about you to your boss because you made remarks critical of Islam, in an attempt to get you fired, is part of Jihad, because it creates a work environment where others are afraid to negatively discuss the topic
Gaining a degree of financial control over media outlets (like the Saudi Prince who bought a large percentage of Fox News) is part of Jihad, since it allows Muslims to shape how they are portrayed in the media