... people about Islam, however, they are wrong. Through the eyes of the media, Islam is a religion dedicated to the concept of the holy war, or jihad. Muslims can't live at peace with people who adhered to another faith, since Islam was committed to the ideal of world conquest. This is still the popular view of Islam in some sectors of the news media, even though it bears little relation to the truth (Esposito, 2002, 29)i. In Islam, Jihad is ordained to up-hold right, repel injustice and establish justice, peace, security and clemency, with which the Prophet (peace be upon him) was sent to take mankind out or darkness into light. More specifically, Jihad has been ordained to eliminate all forms of terrorism, and to defend the homeland against occupation, plunder and colonialism. Jihad is waged against those who support others in driving out peoples out of their homes, as ...

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