New rule, non muslims can’t say the word jihad. Until you stop conflating a word that means personal struggle with faith and temptation with terrorism youre just not allowed to say it.
I’m not a Muslim but I just thought I would reblog this because I think it’s definitely worth listening to.
It’s totally okay for non muslims to reblog this, and i encourage it. Im just glad you’re listening.
Oh god, finally someone said it. Every time I see words like “jihadist” I want to scream, but I’m not Muslim, so I wasn’t sure I should say anything.
Jihad means struggle. It doesn’t mean holy war or anything like it. In fact, there is no word in Islam for holy war, because the nature of Islam does not leave room for holy war. Islam has a juridical system, not a Pope who can just say “Go wage holy war.” Conflating the personal nature of jihad with violence is so very gross and it needs to stop. Period.
Actually, there’s another word non-muslims in the media shouldn’t use:
Allahu Akbar. It’s not a statement of terrorism. It means “god is great”. It’s something we say to praise our lord. It’s what we say when we pray. It’s not a statement of terrorism. Allahu Akbar doesn’t mean terrorism stop using it as one
Things I wish I was aware of
in case i have any followers who don’t understand how Islamophobia is racialized and based in racism, look at this. Allahu Akbar is the same as “Our God is an awesome God,” something said in who knows how many churches all across this country at least once a week. Something said by much of the majority of Americans who are Christian and pray regularly. Something said by people who block the entrances of Planned Parenthood, some of whom also blow up, set fire to, drive vehicles into, and murder the doctors from. Yet, people across white Christian America get, with free license, to claim that those same words represent terrorism because they are in a different language, one which is heavily associated with black and brown people. I’ve read the Bible and the Quran in Arabic, and “God” is spelled the same way in both.
