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jihad

Holy war undertaken by Muslims against nonbelievers. In the Mecca Declaration (1981), the Islamic powers pledged a jihad against Israel, though not necessarily military attack.
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Of course, that is a selective reading of the Quran as there are other verses that justify only "defensive" jihads, but the point is the Sword verses are in the Quran and therefore are the Word of God.
Could it happen again? by Bergen, Peter / The National Interest
Religions have given us stonings, witch-burnings, crusades, inquisitions, jihads, suicide bombers, gay-bashers, abortion-clinic gunmen, and mothers who drown their sons so they can happily be united in heaven.
The evolutionary psychology of religion by Pinker, Steven / The Humanist
Marcus Winters nicely nails the empirical and conceptual fallacies in Jonathan Kozol's tiresome jihads against the alleged institutional racism causing the unequal funding of schools ("Savage Exaggerations: Worshiping the Cosmology of Jonathan Kozol," check the facts, Spring 2006).
Savage exaggerations by Stern, Sol / Education Next
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