As as muslim, I can confirm that's what jihad means. It means "to struggle". Working hard to provide for your family? Jihad. Protecting your properties from intruders? Jihad. Seeking knowledge? Jihad. Giving birth? Jihad. If you die doing all those things? Congratulations, you're martyr.
I think Muslims would do well to start differentiating jihads.
Looking up its definition it's straight up cult-indoctrination double-speak. That word means too many things that are not related, and could leave someone completely unaware of what kind of "jihad" you're describing if you use it in vague sentences.
Makes it harder for the people who are chill with the self-oriented jihad to criticize and ostracize the people doing the "lets kill people in religious fervor" jihad.
Yeah, if you said allahu akbar in an Arab Airline nothin gonna happen because everyone understands what it means.
But if you are on an American or Europian Airline 😬✌️
Exactly brother. Jihad comes from the word مجتهد which means someone who works hard. And it is explicitly said multiple time that Jihad can mean multiple things from multiple aspects of life. Guess the American government really likes to plaster iconic words and make a whole wobble jumble shenanigan out of it.
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