Being an Arab and a half-Algerian and half-Palesti: Archive

for the record

“jihad” literally means “the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin”

and the Qur’an has multiple passages directly opposing

killing innocent people  (Qur’an 5: 32)

killing children  (Qur’an 6: 151)

prejudice against a group of people (Qur’an 5: 8)

sexism  (Qur’an 49: 13)

racism (Qur’an 30: 22)

so let’s all agree that “muslim” and “terrorist” are antonyms and radical islam is exactly as dangerous as radical groups of any religion