PS: (English: Holywar) literally means holy war, and is now often considered a neutral word. www.biquge.info It is usually considered that different organizations, countries, military groups, and even individuals are considered to be engaged in wars and causes in order to flaunt the legitimacy and sanctity of their wars, and refer to the wars and causes they engage in as "jihad". At present, the term "jihad" is being given more attention to the military activities carried out by religious organizations to expel foreigners and to establish pagan religions and establish a mono-religious State.

"Jihad"

Holywar literally means holy war and is now often considered a neutral word. It is often considered that different organizations, countries, military blocs and even individuals in order to flaunt the legitimacy and sanctity of their wars, they call the wars and causes they engage in "jihad". At present, the term "jihad" is being given more attention to the military activities carried out by religious organizations to expel foreigners and to establish pagan religions and establish a mono-religious State.

The word "holy war" first appeared in the Middle Ages during the crusade of the Christian Church in Europe to Jerusalem, the holy city of Jerusalem, which was ruled by Muslims in the Middle East, when the Christian Church in Europe mobilized the people of universal faith to join the army and sent out the call, promising that they could enter the kingdom of heaven after dying in battle, so it was called holy war (holywar), and later became the spiritual call of the crusaders, since then the word holy war has been endowed with a strong religious meaning, referring to the war waged in the name of God, or the purpose of the war is to practice the faith, so, the word was officially included in the dictionary. In modern times, it refers to religiously fanatical warfare (e.g., Japanese imperialism).

Modern Western scholars translate Arabic (jihad) as "holywar" in Europa, and the Chinese literally translate it from English (holywar) to jihad, in fact. Jihad does not mean war, in Arabic. "War" itself is a polysemous word that can refer to fighting or fighting. It can also refer to unrest or strife. Jihad is a commonly used religious term in the Islamic and Muslim world, from the Arabic root word "jahada", that is, "to make all efforts" or "to fight", the literal meaning is not "holy war", the more accurate translation should be "struggle, effort", and the Arabic word "war", "jihad" (jihad) is a polysemous, it means to strive, struggle, etc.; It can also refer to self-mobilization to fight against an aggressor, or to fight an enemy. Different Muslims can often call on different wars depending on their intentions.

During World War II, certain high-ranking German military officials privately called the war against the Soviet Union a "holy war against the East," and Japanese militarism called the war of aggression against Asia and other countries a "holy war in Greater East Asia." Some third-world countries also like to refer to the war of nationality and expulsion of the aggressor as "jihad", and this situation is mostly seen in economically backward regions or some extremist organizations in Africa and Asia. Even former high-ranking U.S. officials in private letters referred to the U.S. war in Afghanistan as a "holy war against infidels." In today's inter-Korean conflict, North Korea has declared a nuclear jihad against South Korea. In the aftermath of 11 September, the term "jihad" often appeared in the media of Western powers.

1. The Church's Interpretation

From a Christian point of view, the crusade launched by the Christian church in the Middle Ages in the name of recovering the Holy Land was a war against God's will. The main body of the "jihad" was Christian, and the warriors were all Christians and knights. There is no classical basis for "jihad", and the word "jihad" does not exist in the entire Old and New Testaments, and it is against God's will for anyone to wage a "holy war" against unbelievers in the name of religion. There is no scriptural basis for anyone to kill an unbeliever on the grounds of mission. and against God's scriptures. Anyone who goes to war in the name of spreading Christianity is a grave sin against humanity. Any religious war, a "holy war" against unbelievers in the name of the Lord, is contrary to Christian doctrine because it is contrary to the teaching of the Old and New Testaments: love all people, including your enemies. So the crusade jihad to reclaim the Holy Land was completely contrary to God's will. The Christian church has reflected on the sins of its own history. Later he apologized to the Islamic world.

In Christianity, conquest refers to "conquest for the faith," and "the best soldiers of the Lord" refer to conquest against Satan; Fight against the sinful nature of sinners. The war mentioned in the Bible is not a war for the sake of mission, and it is not allowed to be waged in the name of religion, nor can it be waged in the name of the Lord. So the other object of conquest is one's own sin.

II. Jihad

Because there are many extremist groups that seriously distort and abuse the Islamic religious term "jihad", Western scholars have mistranslated "jihad" as "jihad". As the famous American journalist Thomas Lippmann pointed out as early as 1982. "The word jihad is certainly the most abused and misinterpreted word in contemporary Islam". Now, in the matter of Islam. Perhaps none is as sensitive and contentious as the word "jihad". In discussions throughout the mass media and academic writings, the meanings assigned to the term are not only based on the differing views of Western interpreters, but also on the translation of "jihad" as a popular misconception about Islam in the West, the "religion of the sword", which obliterates its intrinsic and spiritual meaning to the point of distorting its connotation, simplifying the rich positive connotations of the concept in the Islamic context, and following with it imagination and misinterpretation.

Jihad, derived from the phrase "to strive for the cause of Allah", appears more than 20 times in the Qur'an. Ma Jian's translation of the Qur'an is generally translated as "struggle". Everything that is done to gain the pleasure of Allah is to fight for the cause of Allah. Jihad is a believer's enterprising spirit of following Allah's revelation, a positive attitude towards life and noble ideological character, creating social wealth and improving the living environment also belong to jihad. Jihad encompasses struggle in all spheres, such as politics, economics, culture, education, security, health, competence and family life. Any jihad's action is for a noble purpose, a planned action, for the sake of one's own family and country, and for the happiness of others, and it is not permissible to persecute or harm the interests of others. It is forbidden to base one's own happiness on the suffering of others. Jihad can be the act and responsibility of an individual, or it can be the act and responsibility of a social collective. Thus, jihad in Islam has two meanings: the struggle against whispers belongs to the great jihad, and the resistance to aggression belongs to the small jihad. Jihad's definition of jurisprudence is to struggle for speech, property, and life; A just struggle to defend religious beliefs, lives and property, to resist foreign aggression, to defend the homeland and the country, and to eliminate violence and persecution.

Jihad also includes the content of war, in which jihad's purpose is limited to good deeds, and it cannot cross the line and become an external aggression to establish hegemony. Muslims are also not absolute pacifists, war is an act of self-defense as a last resort, and in the face of an invading enemy, Allah allows Muslims to take up arms, organize resistance, and protect people's lives and property. Islam does not allow Muslims to wage wars of aggression against anyone, it does not allow the bullying of small and weak peoples, it does not allow the establishment of colonies abroad, the slave trade, the enslavement, oppression and massacre of the population. The only reason for war is the necessity of self-defense, to defend the faith, to defend the homeland, to protect the local population to live and work in peace and contentment, and nothing more, and excesses are not allowed in war. Of course, there are strict prerequisites and aftermath requirements, but they are not the only ones. For thousands of years, Muslims have understood these verses not only in the form of fighting in war. Jihad covers a wide range of situations in a state of peace and war, setting the norm for it.

On the basis of full argumentation, most Islamic jurists summarize the ways of fulfilling the obligations of "jihad" into four categories: heart, tongue, hand, and sword, among which the way of "sword" is jihad, which is the real sense of force jihad. In the early days of Islam's struggle against the violent persecution and military suppression of the polytheists in Mecca, the use of jihad played a vital role in the survival of Muslims and the development of Islam, so it was the main way of "jihad" at that time. However, the peaceful nature of Islam dictates that the "force jihad" is a special law of extraordinary times, and it is a religious obligation of a certain stage. Once the threat to Islam is lifted, Muslims cannot continue to kill. If the "sword" style "jihad" is extended and consistent, it is contrary to the will of Allah and contrary to the peaceful purpose of Islam. Therefore, the main way for Muslims to fulfill their jihad's obligations is often only through peaceful hearts, tongues, and hands. The "heart" means consciously fighting against the evil of the heart according to the teachings of Allah, in order to resist temptation, purify the heart, and strengthen the faith. Shia and Sufi scholars, in particular, have promoted this approach, calling it "major jihad". The "tongue" and "hand" methods generally refer to the spread of Islam through the mouth and pen, exhorting the public to believe in Islam, and refuting heresies within the religion and distorted attacks outside the religion. Jihadi has such a rich and effective way of accomplishing it, so that Muslims can choose non-violent confrontation when fulfilling this religious obligation, especially in an environment where there is no tension of persecution and attack by hostile forces. The "use of jihad" to give way to a peaceful way conducive to social development and progress is the original requirement of Islamic teachings.

And jihad is actually a demon that takes advantage of people's beliefs and bad roots to create blood sacrifices to increase their power. (To be continued.) )

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