why is the beginning and end of muslim differences only settled with war?

Question

what is the point of jihads....what role does it play in faith?

Answer 1

Jihad is battle of self defense. if your country is invaded by foreign invaders, it's your duty to fight them until they get out of your country.
this is what Jihad is.

and the Quran doesn't justify terrorism one bit.
killing INNOCENTS is murder and a great offense to God.

PS: Jihad has many other forms too.
example,
# Jihad of the heart/soul (jihad bin nafs/qalb) is an inner struggle of good against evil in the mind, through concepts such as tawhid.
# Jihad by the tongue (jihad bil lisan) is a struggle of good against evil waged by writing and speech, such as in the form of dawah (proselytizing), Khutbas (sermons), et al.
# Jihad by the pen and knowledge (jihad bil qalam/ilm) is a struggle for good against evil through scholarly study of Islam, ijtihad (legal reasoning), and through sciences (such as medical sciences).
# Jihad by the hand (jihad bil yad) refers to a struggle of good against evil waged by actions or with one's wealth, such as going on the Hajj pilgrimage (seen as the best jihad for women), taking care of elderly parents, providing funding for jihad, political activity for furthering the cause of Islam, stopping evil by force, or espionage.
peace.

Answer 2

I suggest we approach this issue without bias and prejudice.

If you care to find out, not only Muslims but almost everybody (yes everybody) that went to war settled their differences through it. At the outbreak of World War I, the writer Thomas Mann wrote, "Is not peace an element of civil corruption and war a purification, a liberation, an enormous hope?" The bloodiest of all wars fought last century which ended up in an atomic explosion in Japan, caused much destructions in all continents except the Americas is actually World War 2. Find out about the scandalous war that Americans fought in Vietnam,The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, The Falkland Wars were actually not jihadists trying to settle their differences.
I think we can all conclude that most wars in the industrial and modern era are not based on religion.

I would personally feel that if once your rights were violated, your land confiscated, your wife and daughter raped and your children either killed or denied the future they deserve, you too would not hesitate to fight the good fight regardless of your belief and faith or the lack of it.
Indeed we could actually enlighten ourselves to the origins of conflict and come to a conclusion whether hatred is the real cause or a mere instrument employed in the act of war.

As for Ekduin find out sincerely (and do yourself greater justice) if Islam is really spread by the sword. Find out about the Christians and Jews who shared equal religious freedom during Muslim rule in Spain.

Answer 3

Imagine, for a second, that you live in a third world country--conditions are terrible, and you lack the resources in your country to truly live a good life. All you have is your faith, that's it. How would you react when an imperialistic country tried to monopolize the only resource you really do have to barter with? (oil.) Jihad is when you're backed into such a corner that you have no choice but to lash out to defend yourself--to attack to prevent from being killed or suffocated. Islam needs a unifying force, and they do not have it--we won't let them have it. If we let them have their Califf, they could manage and support their people, and probably give them a life nearly as good as ours. Don't be so hasty to judge, you have no idea what they're going through.

Answer 4

Because there are many muslim clerics full of hate who tend to interpret jihad* as a physical holy war instead of what it was ment to be: the struggle between the higher and lower nature within oneself.There fore the people often get the wrong slant on the what the quaran actualy says.

*literal meaning of the word jihad is "struggle".

Answer 5

that is what the quaran teaches. islam was spread and established by war and violence; either believe or die; and this is still encouraged. think about what they do to innocent jews or even 9/11. what beats my understanding is the suicid bombings!