26.02.2010, 12:02
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| Re: Libya's Gaddafi urges 'holy war' against Switzerland
| Quote: | |  | | | Ah? I always heard it means holy war, and this was coming from Arabic friends who speak Arabic so i m a bit confused now | | | | | Like any translation there is a fair bit of flexibility. I'm sure we're all aware with our language lessons that often things don't quite work directly. With jihad, it is normally referred to as Lesser and Greater. With the Greater Jihad being the internal struggle with faith, and Lesser Jihad referring to physical fighting to be declared against those who have ‘let themselves down’. The judgement of who deserves a Lesser Jihad is obviously personal. In Gaddafi's case he has applied a broad brush stroke to a whole country he feels has offended him. This is not a 'normal' judgement to make. Most of the time Lesser Jihad will refer to criminals like thieves, rapists etc. |