What is the difference between JAHAD & TERRORISM?

Answer 1

The side you're on. If you believe in the cause, it's Jihad. If you're the victim of it, it's terrorism.

That said, Winston Churchill stated that "History is written by the victors" so look at it this way: If the US had failed in attempts to gain its independence from England, would the attacks we made against the british would probably be referred to as militant terrorist uprisings.

So in the end, terrorism vs. Jihad is relative.

Answer 2

Well there is alot of differents- Jahad is what some of the muslims have declared as a holy war.Terrorism can be anyone with a different idealolgy thats different from the main stream cultures.With the current laws and bills passed do to terrorism the goverment can classify your state milita organizations as terrorist if the rebuttel against the federal goverment.Militas are suppose to be protected under are admentment but the F.b.i. is repeatly trying to revoke the organizations in to breaking the laws. In one case i know of the F.b.i. penatrating different organizations and offering to sell firearms and explosives to them.When they agree to the purachase they are busted for illegal firearms.As long as that happens the federal goverment as control over the militas. militas in the United States is to protect the people of the federal goverment from getting to much control over the people.With out the fire power how do you thank we can be protected from the federal gov. When a organization does say something they probably will be classified as a terrorist group because of differences of agandas.

Answer 3

Terrorism has nothing to do with
any Religion. It is an act to terrorise
any one person, community, a group
of non performers, a criminal-war or
otherwise etc.

There are many terrorist groups all
over the world and they may not
follow any religion- The IRA, The Naxalites,
The ULFAs, the BODOS, are some of
such examples.

But of late some Muslim fundamentalist
have given birth to Religious terrorism and
they identify this with Jehad. They terrorise
and kill innocent people through out the
world. These foolish outfits can go to any
extent to destroy even idols like Bamian
Buddha Statue in Afganistan, where no
one lived. Terrorist's strike in Kashmer
on daily basis is linked with terror and is
referred by Pakistan as Jehad against
Indian Government and Non-Muslim
religions.These terrorist outfits have killed
several civilians in other cities of India.
The blasts in Bali, Indonesia, WTC-9/11
are such acts.

Actual Jehad has nothing to do with
the modern civilisation. As per Prophet
Mohammad, the Jehad is an act of
saving the honour of mankind, when
invaded by enimies. This included
fighting with intruders, whether they
were muslims, christians, buddhists,
and from other religions, it did not
matter.

But todays's muslim religious scientists
define Jehad to fight for spreading muslim
fundamentalism only and kill innocent
without any reasons.

Answer 4

We can JUSTIFY a 'wrong' as 'right' by using logic which is capable of proving or disproving anything as you WANT. However, that cannot actually MAKE a 'wrong' as 'right' or vicé versa. So, Jihad and Terrorism are two entirely different issues. Unfortunately, a handful of misled/strayed Muslims have been trying to narrow down the difference by their fanatic misdeeds. This has made people the world over to believe that Islam and Terrorism are synonyms, which is a very sad situation. Terrorists have no religion at all, whatever claims they pretend to make. In reality, they act against the ideals and teachings of religion for their personal gains and sadistic pleasure which can be exposed by delving into their personal lives. Such persons are enemies of humanity and deserve no sympathy at all.

Answer 5

Not much. Jahad means Holy War. Terrorism is how they go about a Holy War

Answer 6

Jihad (jahad) is not necessarily a war. it can be a challenge or an act of correction. It can start within a person to correct him or herself. This is not necessarily holy. Normally Jihad takes place to protect god, land, religion, humanity or oneself.
It can be within you, locally, nationally, internationally but does not have to be war or violence based.
Jihad on large scale is only accepted by islam when it is a form of defence and not attack and also it must be a last solution.

Terrorism is violent intentional unlawful killing of individuals or groups. Jihad is not the same as terrorism as it is lawful because it is a balanced force or action used for morally good purposes for example for land or religion defense or fighting inner temptations.

Answer 7

2 answers. One there is a big difference and the other there is no difference.

Jihad was only intended to be an aggressive movement to push the Islamic religion, aka more churches, more literature, more door to door persuasion, etc no different than the Christian religion. It was not intended to be a bloody forceful fist down an otherwise peaceful throat.

And how is Jihad the same as terrorism. Well not just Jihad but Christianity and all religions when the followers sit there and harass you and tell you that you should believe what they believe and they persistently give their examples as to why you should believe what they believe and tell you what they think will happen to you if you don’t believe what they believe, this is a form of terrorism. No different than prank phone calls, the school bully, debt collectors, they are all terrorist.

This is also why I mock and laugh at Bush's war on terror as who is the one to say where to draw the line, people are being terrorized everywhere and its accepted. My high school was full of terrorist, any kid who does hazing is a terrorist and the debt collectors have definitely terrorized me. (Notice I said Bush's war on terrorism as its not mine and not really America's, its his own personal war)

So to answer your question yes jihad and terrorism could be considered the same but its no different than any other of the 1000's of terrorist we willing support other than they have some extremists that are causing a few more problems than many other religious factions at this moment. (Christianity/Catholicism has a long history of bloody, extremist “Jihad” movements against Islam and other religions just not at the moment, for now they seem to be happy focusing their Jihad on little boys)

Answer 8

JAHAD=Holy war.
In present situation JAHAD & TERRORISM are the two sides of a coin.
See, theory of relativity.

Answer 9

Jihad is a holy war. It's basically meant to be an act to preserve and defend the religion of Islam against those who would have it erased from theworld. Think of it like the Muslim equivalent to the Christian crusader wars. Unfortunately, Islamic extremists have penned the word to cowardly acts against innocent victims, aka terrorism. It's a shame too, because they give the word, the meaning, the religion, and its followers a bad name in the eyes of people who don't know very much about it.

Answer 10

No difference at present. Its two sides of a coin