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minus-squarePugJesusOPlinkfedilink7•1 year agoI’ve always put ‘jihad’ as the equivalent of ‘crusade’ in that it could be used to mean ‘Something you’re striving for very strongly’ OR ‘armed struggle’. But I’m no Muslim, nor particularly well-educated in Islamic theology.
minus-squarediprount_tomatolinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAlso because they were called by the Roman Emperor, and probably also to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land
minus-squareP03 LockelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYeah, sorry to the other replier, but that is the more popular form. And that Jihad was so bloody that it outlawed a good chunk of technology.
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I’ve always put ‘jihad’ as the equivalent of ‘crusade’ in that it could be used to mean ‘Something you’re striving for very strongly’ OR ‘armed struggle’. But I’m no Muslim, nor particularly well-educated in Islamic theology.
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Also because they were called by the Roman Emperor, and probably also to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land
Don’t forget the Butlerian Jihad.
Yeah, sorry to the other replier, but that is the more popular form. And that Jihad was so bloody that it outlawed a good chunk of technology.