A publication from The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center, Amman, Jordan.
This text explains what jihad is, what it means to Muslims, and how it relates to the concrete issues of war and peace. It explores the most important issues surrounding the Islamic law of war and peace, and lays out the mainstream, traditional Islamic position, comprised of three essential principles on the legitimacy of non-combatants, religion as a cause for war, and the justification for aggression and the use of force.
You can download the booklet here:
http://www.rissc.jo/index.php/english-publications.html
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To compare:
http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/jihad.html http://www.alislam.org/jihad/
In the Name of Allah the Most gracious ever Merciful
I don’t have the book before me nor I have the time and energy to read it, however, aggression is aggression, and there is no justification for aggression what so ever. Islam means peace or submission to the will of Allah. Allah does not want aggression, all the wars in the Early history of Islam were out of compulsions and defensive and to establish peace and freedom of conscious.
Aggression causes turmoil, bloodshed, grief, and unrest in the Society and it is detrimental to development and progress of civilization. As per Hadith, “Do not long for war, if you have to face it, then never retreat it until you win or mortared.”
O! Allah do not impose of those, who do not have mercy in their hearts for us Aameen. for further readings on Jihad and its true meanings, please browse http://www.alislam.org
Zarif Ahmad