Asghar Ali Engineer Quotes About Jihad

• Jihad is misused by fundamentalists. The Quranic meaning is not meant for war at all, in the sense of killing.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  War, Killing, Jihad

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

• Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Effort, Goodness, Jihad

  "The Reformist as Pacifist". Interview with Farzana Versey, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2013.

• Those who take to guns could do so due to deprivation, suppression, or historical legacy. The Afghans have lived through violence for centuries, by the Mughals, the Russians, their own people, so they have always had to fight for freedom... we cannot take away the context. But they legitimised it by using jihad, a religious sanction, so they could be seen as mujahids, fighting for Allah. And you cannot say there is nothing concrete.

  Asghar Ali Engineer

  Religious, Fighting, Gun

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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