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Bro, I'd ask you to not use the word "jihadi" as a slur. The word means one who strives, physically or mentally, for the sake of good. The fact that it's been
by ZainRiz 10y ago
Bro, I'd ask you to not use the word "jihadi" as a slur. The word means one who strives, physically or mentally, for the sake of good. The fact that it's been hijacked by deviant so-called "religious" groups doesn't change what the word really represents.
And reinforcing the notion that those deviant groups are jihadis just strengthens the claims of ISIS and Al-Qaida that they're the ones properly following their religion, when more than 99% of the muslim world rejects them completely.
- lasc4r 10y agoPretty sure more than 1% of Muslims don't completely reject ISIS. Definitely not Al Qaida.
- hueving 10y agoIt's ways higher than 1%. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/20/newt-gingrich/gingrich-9-pakistanis-support-isis/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/... Almost 1 in 10 supporting savage violence and meaningless destruction. It's not the poster that made it a slur, it's the insane violence supported by a non-negligible portion of Muslims that made it a slur.
- whybroke 10y agoTwice that rate of Germans (16%) and Americans (18%) think the Sun goes around the earth.[1] So does 9% really indicate a key culturally defining characteristic? [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/new-poll-gauges-americans-general-knowledge-levels.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/new-poll-gauges-americans-ge...
- hueving 10y agoAs long as thinking the sun goes around the earth doesn't induce violent murders, I don't care.
- ajmurmann 10y agoIf you don't use the term "jihadi" because it's too positive you also should refrain from using the word "ISIS/ISIL" because that gives them being a state and Islamic. I understand that "Daesh" has a much more negative meaning and those guys hate being called that way.