Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to rip you apart or anything, the Timmy Timothy response was sarcasm.
Originally posted by: Judgement
In no language is Timmy defined as a holy war against infidels, where as Jihad is. America is a country where the majority of its citizens could/would be considered infidels depending on someone's interpretation of the Quran.
I'm a Muslim and I speak very fluent Arabic. "Jihad" means struggle, derived from the root word "juhd" which means effort. People have distorted what the word means over time, jihad as referred to in the Quran originally meant fighting for your land and for your religion, not to force it upon others.
Originally posted by: Judgement
I don't think comparing a name like Timmy to one that can be associated with a religion which has followers that believe you and your kin deserve to be murdered is a step in the right direction.
"Jihad" is not a religion. Every religion has followers that believe you and your kin deserve to be murdered.
The Evangelist preachers on campus are always yelling and screaming about how we're all sinners, we're all going to hell, and we all deserve to die for being impure and unguided.
Originally posted by: Judgement
...a religious movement that has spanned centuries and has resulted in the deaths of millions.
The Crusades cost people their lives several centuries ago too, you don't see me holding it against Christianity...
Islamofacism, Islamic-extremism, Jihadist-extremism, etc. are a bunch of propagandist buzz words coined up by the government and the media. Just decades ago, the US favored said Muslims, they funded them (mujahideen; they were defending their land, hence the name) in Afghanistan to defeat the Soviets, they put them in power in Iran, and they were buddy buddy with them in Iraq. It's interesting how America's "enemies" are always those who are the easiest scapegoats that can be used to advance its agenda. Japanese-Americans were America's #1 public enemy when they rounded them up and put them in camps during WWII, Commies were the biggest threat to our Democratic existence during the Red Scare, and the list goes on. In 20 years America will probably target Pastafarians as the biggest threat to democracy; it's all a load of shit to advance its interests, not protect its ideals or existence.