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I get the spirit of your conversation but I urge you to not normalize a term like jihad. It’s sole purpose is to exterminate people by means of brutal violence
by qwertyuiop_ 4y ago
I get the spirit of your conversation but I urge you to not normalize a term like jihad. It’s sole purpose is to exterminate people by means of brutal violence who don’t fall in line in the name of religion.
- inawarminister 4y agoPretty weird since in the original language it just means Struggle. Cleaner connotation than the western equivalent 'Crusade' which is used secularly all the time tbh.
- allisdust 4y agoIt's simply a matter of how many people are affected by jihad vs crusade in the last few decades. This is the first time I'm seeing jihad used in something not associated with terrorism.
- profile53 4y agoA drink called the Irish car bomb can be readily ordered anywhere in the US, despite brutal killings in the 80s-90s. Use of a term is oft separated from the historical connotations of it.