San Bernardino involved two killers were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online, and online as late as - as early as the end of 2013, they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged and then married and lived together in the United States.
Jihad was still present when there was no Usamah and it will remain as such even when Usamah is no longer there.
Al-Qa'idah is not against any Islamic country nor we consider a war against an Islamic country as jihad.
Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.
No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.
Every mosque that is tied to jihad-related activity should be shut.
But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the way of God those who fight you,” the Quran says, “but do not begin hostilities; God does not like the aggressor” (2:190). Elsewhere the Quran is more explicit: “Permission to fight is given only to those who have been oppressed. . . who have been driven from their homes for saying, 'God is our Lord' ” (22:39; emphasis added).
The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth
If you join ISIS, if you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant.
Jihad amongst the Muslims today has become like a taboo subject that is discussed over coffee. The one who writes and speaks about Jihad has not even spent a minute in the battlefield.
We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business.
Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.
Jihad is misused by fundamentalists. The Quranic meaning is not meant for war at all, in the sense of killing.
Saudi hijackers first came into contact with al-Qaeda and went through Terrorism 101 when they signed up for the jihad in Afghanistan.
Jihad will continue even if I am not around.
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
There's no question that jihad historically means war.
The Tsarnaev brothers, the elder brother made a public call to jihad and the [Barack] Obama administration didn't target it.
Believe it, through jihad, a man gets everything he desires.
Jihad is described as a war against Muslims, to establish the religion.
