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minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI’ve always put ‘jihad’ as the equivalent of ‘crusade’ in that it could be used to mean ‘Something you’re striving for very strongly’ OR ‘armed struggle’. But I’m no Muslim, nor particularly well-educated in Islamic theology.
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minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAlso because they were called by the Roman Emperor, and probably also to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land
I’ve always put ‘jihad’ as the equivalent of ‘crusade’ in that it could be used to mean ‘Something you’re striving for very strongly’ OR ‘armed struggle’. But I’m no Muslim, nor particularly well-educated in Islamic theology.
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Also because they were called by the Roman Emperor, and probably also to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land