Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Concept of "Inner" Jihad (Bumped)

My friend Kitman at Kitman TV makes a very interesting observation about the difference between the 'inner' and 'outer' struggle in Jihad:

Roughly speaking Aziz argues that God is only happy if you are doing it for him alone. You should fight in the path of God so that his words will be the highest. God is not only upset if his slaves flirt with other Abrahamic faiths, he also tend to get very unhappy if they think too much of the earthly riches especially the war booty, or even their heavenly counterparts. Falling short on these issues could seriously damage the ability of an otherwise successful killing spree to heap up postmortem delights

Don´t think about:

- a share of the spoils of war
- having your own sex-slaves
- improving your career opportunities
- the pleasures of paradise
- bettering the chances for your family in the after life
- other distractions from the pure cause

Keeping an eye on all these things, while fighting the unbelievers makes jihad a very difficult exercise, physically as well as mentally - hence the classic distinction between the small and the grand jihad - the inner and outer struggle. It is thus important to remember, that Jihad really is a small inner struggle, in which you constantly remind yourself that you kill for God alone and in a manner he prefers. All the while treating the war booty as something irrelevant.

In short, 'inner' Jihad, as Muslims often attempt to tell us, is not necessarily a struggle to do good over evil (like the followers of Islam ever succeed in that struggle...) but rather ensuring the mindset that 'outer' Jihad (terrorism against non-Muslims) is being committed for Allah, and not for personal gain such as fame, wealth, or an elevated status.

Read the rest at Kitman TV

Kitman TV lists, embeds, and links some of the best anti-Jihad videos you'll find on the web. It also includes the Jihad Dossier - a library of Islamic PDFs. This is a must-bookmark site for any blogging Crusader!

Referenced PDF - "Jihad and the Effects of Intention Upon It"
(You can right-click and 'save link' to download)

(Cross-posted at The Jawa Report, SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

whoever wrote this is a biggoted asshole. i mean seriously, it's people like you that make me ashamed to be a christian. do you actually know any muslim people?? about 23% of the world population are muslims. clearly the vast vast vast vast majority of muslims are peaceful, normal people. The muslims that commit terrorist attacks in the name of allah are actually a lot like you, author of this post. they are able to hate an entire group of people (all non muslims) just as you are willing to hate all muslims. if the socioeconomic and military conditions were reversed, and there were soldiers from the middle east occupying america to restore stability and peace, i bet you would be the first one making IED's. if you choose to make no distinction between muslims and terrorists then you're every bit as evil as a terrorist hate begets hate begets hate. that is all. take down this blog you ass.

DMartyr said...

I choose to make no distinction between muslims (I presume you mean "moderates") and terrorists (who are muslims as per Muhammad's teachings) in this post because this post isn't about *muslims*.

It is about *Islam* and the concept of *jihad*.

Now, you claim to be a Christian, but I see right through you. You are a muslim pretending to be a Christian. And even as Islam is your faith of choice, you are still incapable of refuting any part of this post, else, I am certain you would have spent at least a portion of your reply doing so.

I can also tell you are a muslim because you equate free speech & debate, which here happens to criticize Islam, with the vicious, barbaric acts of violence committed by Islamic terrorists against defenseless, innocent people.

Instead of attempting to prove my assertions about Islam wrong, you immediately stoop to juvenile name-calling and whining. And I am certain, if given the opportunity, you would much prefer to silence me by removing this blog than to attempt to refute any part of it - an impossible task, since Muhammad very clearly and unambiguously stated the goals of his rabid cult and the means to achieve them.

As Winston Churchill once said, "The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is."

This blog will stand. And, if it should be remove because people like you prefer to silence critics rather than debate them, I will create another, and another, and another. The truth will stand, no matter how unpleasant you may find it.

DMartyr said...

PS, "Anonymous," thank you for reminding me of this post. I have decided to repost it at The Jawa Report. I'm sure it'll get many more hits than it did here.

Please feel free to express your concerns there as well. :)

christian soldier said...

Have a Blessed EASTER - my friend--
C-CS

DMartyr said...

No blog pimping here, Hassaan.

You want to comment, comment. But just slapping up a link to your blog isn't going to work here.

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