In the Webster's Dictionary, a 'martyr' is one who dies or suffers for principles, or sacrifices all for a cause. For centuries, there have been martyrs in the name of Religion. It is hard for me not to question, how different are we today?
Then, there seem to be a misconceptions and a misunderstandings on the real meaning of jihad. It actually means struggle.
Either the meaning of struggle is something other than mine or there are individuals who are simply misinformed, ill-educated and/or are easily influenced.
I think it is a bit of everything, and the leaders have used the misinterpretation to their advantage. Some have even condoned the change of meaning, to suit their own advantage.
I am convinced that most of the time the average person is misguided and misinformed.We know that the wars and strife that go on are very detrimental to the survival of mankind. The leaders of the world are making a big mistake whether they know it or not. But war is money and money brings power. We know from past history that all our attempts made to dissuade people from fighting and killing have been futile. India and Pakistan, Palestine and Israel, the Islamic extremists and the rest of the world, are all examples - naïve people misled to believe some figment of some demagogue’s imagination (or claims to be the word of God).
This is really not the right way to go. God has never said we should kill, injure, hate and judge (or misjudge).Not enough effort has been made to re-educate the population. All that is being done by the leaders and the media is adding fuel to the fire by feeding propaganda with more propaganda and speculation and these 'theories' turn into fact in the minds of the naïve and fuel the fights that have gone on for generations.
The ‘jihad’ or struggle should be one for love, brotherhood, peace, love, patience, tolerance and understanding. I consider the real martyrs to be those that 'sacrifice' violence to make place for brotherhood, peace, love, tolerance patience and understanding but instead we steal, loot, rape, pillage, behead and, blow up, to destroy the very essence of what has termed us human.
Whatever happened to humanity?
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