A controversial Islamic practice which, contrary to popular belief, does not strictly refer to
holy war, but taken literally means “to struggle”. In the Qu’ran it refers to an internal struggle inside everyone between the desire to enjoy the pleasures of this world, or to seek God’s will. When an Islamic
cleric declares “It is the duty of all true Muslims to wage Jihad against the
infidel”, what he most often means is “it is the duty of all true Muslims to struggle against the ways, practices, ethics and morals of the infidel”. In modern times this usually means that Muslim youth need to struggle against the West’s commercialization and perversion of certain subjects, such as sex for example. They’re calling they’re followers to
boycott Western movies that show and promote indecent exposure, to boycott CD’s which promote and un-Islamic way of life, (usually gangsta rap, rock and roll and pop) and they encourage their ladies to wear the hajaff or
beka out of
modesty and so as not to lead Muslim gentlemen into temptation and
impure thoughts.
"It is the duty of all true
Muslims to
wage jihad against the infidels."