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Islamic State calls on members to carry out jihad in Russia
Islamic State calls on members to carry out jihad in Russia
CAIRO Islamic State called on its group members to carry out jihad in Russia in a nine-minute YouTube video on Sunday. "Listen Putin, we will come to Russia and will kill you at your homes ... Oh Brothers, carry out jihad and kill and fight them," a voice said over footage of men training in the desert.
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Of course, this is just filled with buzzwords and nonsense. Jihad is just the Arabic word for "strife", not holy war. There is no such thing as holy war in Arabic. Jihad also refers a lot more to internal strife, or fighting your inner demons. Then there's the fact that the Islamic State doesn't even exist, because the organization that calls themselves IS isn't remotely islamic. The much better name to call them is Daesh.
Thanks for this insight. It's such a difficult world of philosophies and ideas to untangle--at least for me. I'm grateful when others offer some clarifications.
Also, whoever ISIS is, I wish they'd stop destroying stuff.
Good on you, Boundarybreaker!!