Islam has Ten Practices (Furu al-Din) and all good Muslims are supposed to follow them. These are: Salāt (Prayer), Sawm (Fast), Hajj (Pilgrimage), Zakāt (Alm-giving), Khums (One-fifth tax), Jihād (Struggle), Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf (Joining forces with the Good), Nahi-Anil-Munkar (Opposing what is evil), Tawalla (To love the followers of the Faith), Tabarra (To disassociate from those who oppose Allah or His Prophet PBUH).
What concerns me is Jihād. It has two elements: internal struggle to overcome one's own evil, and external struggle to destroy the evil outside (including destroying infidels).
I'm not a violent person and I wouldn't be comfortable if I had to kill people. So my question is, plain and simple: can Jihād completely exclude killing people?
I think Islam is the only religion that has all the answers I've been seeking all my life. The Qur'an is a beautiful book. I just need to know that there is no hidden violence in the precepts themselves.
Thank you all.
2007-04-24
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