A radical Muslim cleric has urged hundreds of supporters meeting in Sydney's south-west to join a global push to create an Islamic utopia.
Dr Yusanto called on followers to denounce capitalism, warning that if Islam was not followed in his Islamic super-state, jihad would follow.
What is Sharia law and Hizb ut-Tahrir?
Also what is jihad?
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2007-01-27 20:18:42 · 15 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The word Jihad represents a concept which is much misunderstood in the West. The concept is explained nicely by the Christian scholar Ira 6. Zepp, Jr. in his book entitled A Muslim Primer on pages 133-135.
The essential meaning of Jihad is the spiritual, psychological, and physical effort we exert to be close to God and thus achieve a just and harmonious society. Jihad literally means "striving" or "struggle" and is shorthand for Jihad fi Sabeel Allah (struggle for God's cause). In a sense, every Muslim is a Mujahid, one who strives for God and justice.
Al-Ghazali captured the essence of Jihad when he said: "The real Jihad is the warfare against (one's own) passions. Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi calls Jihad "the execution of effort against evil in the self and every manifestation of evil in society." In a way, Jihad is the Muslim's purest sacrifice: a struggle to live a perfect life and completely submit to God.
Another form of Jihad is the striving to translate the Word of God into action. If one has experienced God and received guidance from the Qur'an, one struggles to apply that guidance in daily life. So the larger, more prevalent meaning of Jihad is the spiritual struggle of the soul. In this case, Jihad is always present for the believer whether there is an external enemy or not. We should never reduce Jihad to violence.
A third level of Jihad is popularly known as "holy war." The classic passage is found in the Qur'an:
Fight in the way of Allah those who fight against you, but transgress not the limits. Truly Allah likes not the transgressors (Qur'an 2:190).
It is crucial to note here that what is condoned is defensive warfare; Islam cannot justify aggressive war. Muhammad and the Tradition are also against killing non-combatants, torturing of prisoners, the destruction of crops, animals and homes. Adapted from Ira 6. Zepp, Jr., A Muslim Primer (1992, Wakefield Editions, US) pp.133-135.
Robert Ellwood of the University of Southern California has the following to say about the Muslim concept of Jihad:
Out of the community ideal of Islam comes the concept of jihad, or holy war, which is designed to defend Islam and allow its social practice, though not to force individual conversions, which is forbidden. Since Islam in principle is a community as well as a religion, presumably only an absolute pacifist would be able to reject the theory of jihad out of hand, since other communities also fight to defend or expand their ways of life. (Many Peoples, Many Faiths by Robert S. Ellwood, 4th edition, Simon & Schuster, US, 1982, p.346).
Sharia (شريعة translit: Sharī‘ah) is the body of Islamic law. The term means "way" or "path"; it is the legal framework within which public and some private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Muslim principles of jurisprudence.
Sharia deals with many aspects of day-to-day life, including politics, economics, banking, business law, contract law, sexuality, and social issues.
Hizb ut-Tahrir ( Party of Liberation) is a Sunni Islamist political party whose goal is to re-establish a pan-Islamic caliphate. Sheikh Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, a judge from Jerusalem, founded the organization in 1953.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is dedicated to what it sees as the political unity of Muslims via the re-establishment of the caliphate, the removal of neo-colonialist Western control of the Islamic world, and a return to government based on Islamic law.
2007-01-27 22:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by NS 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Jihad" is a loaded term—and a concept that illustrates a deep gulf of miscommunication between Islam and the West. There are those in each community who see jihad as a clash of civilizations—and act on those beliefs. But jihad literally means "exerted effort" to most Islamic scholars and Muslims, and represents a range of activities.
2007-01-27 20:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by simply_bohemian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jihad
Main article: Jihad
Jihad is literally struggle in the way of God and is sometimes referred to as the sixth pillar of Islam, although it occupies no official status as such.[83] Within the realms of Islamic jurisprudence, jihad usually refers to military exertion against non-Muslim combatants.[84][85] In broader usage and interpretation, the term has accrued both violent and non-violent meanings. It can refer to striving to live a moral and virtuous life, to spreading and defending Islam, and to fighting injustice and oppression, among other usages.[86]
The word "jihad" is often wrongly translated as "Holy War." The primary aim of jihad is not the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam by force, but rather the expansion and defense of the Islamic state. In the classical manuals of Islamic jurisprudence, the rules associated with armed warfare are covered at great length.[85] Such rules include not killing women, children and non-combatants, as well as not damaging cultivated or residential areas.[87] More recently, modern Muslims have tried to re-interpret the Islamic sources, stressing that Jihad is essentially defensive warfare aimed at protecting Muslims and Islam.[85] Although some Islamic scholars have differered on the implementation of Jihad, there is consensus amongst them that the concept of jihad will always include armed struggle against persecution and oppression.[88] Some Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad regarded the inner struggle for faith a greater Jihad than even fighting [by force] in the way of God.[89]
2007-01-27 20:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dee . 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jihad (Arabic: جهاد ǧihād) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root ǧhd ("to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle"), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to a political or military struggle to further .
2007-01-27 20:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Daimonjifire3 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word "Jihaad " means "Struggle", or to be specific, striving in the cause of God. Any struggle done in day-to-day life to please God is considered Jihaad. One of the highest levels of Jihaad is to stand up to a tyrant and speak a word of truth. Control of the self from wrong doings is the greatest Jihaad. One of the forms of Jihaad is to take arms in defense of Islaam or a Muslim country when Islaam is attacked. This kind of Jihaad has to be declared by the religious leadership or by a Muslim head of state who is following the Quraan and Sunnah.
2007-01-28 00:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jihad means the sacred war 4 supporting islam.
2007-01-27 20:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by robert KS LEE. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What an exquisite question. faith is, of direction, the kind that one's worship takes. for that reason there are 1000's of kinds. faith features a equipment of non secular beliefs and practices. the article of the religion may be fake gods or the authentic God. hence, there is fake faith and there is authentic. faith can get very fancy or proceed to be uncomplicated. interior the former case, which consists of it is immediately. interior the latter case, which consists of it became interior the backyard of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship ability to obey. And to obey ability to worship. both are in detail suitable; certainly, they're coterminous and can't be separated. specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect perfect in this regard. I fall on my face and get lower back as a lot as attempt to attempt again. interior the backyard of Eden, see you later as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic regulation, no conferences. only depart the tree of the recognize-how of fantastic and undesirable on my own. uncomplicated. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. similar with the country of Israel. The minute they tried to coach a syncretistic faith they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul
2016-10-16 05:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means most of the non believer in Islam are going to get their butts shot off.
just like the Jews have been getting their butts shot off by about every country in the word one time or another.
the American Indians suffered the same fate by the European invaders.
History just likes to repeat itself..what ever is old is new again including hate
2007-01-27 20:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Dirka dirka dirka, Mohammed Jihad.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
2007-01-27 20:43:36 · answer #9 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
inner struggle and inner spiritual war
2007-01-27 20:27:32 · answer #10 · answered by wb 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋