Jihad loosely translates 'Holy War' they are trying to win the holy war they believe they have been pushed into engaging in.



it sounds like your being pedantic for the sake of trying to argue





Surely the closest thing anti-religion would be science. Science brings truth in perceived fact. Religion brings truth in the absence of perceived fact. Many religious books and principles are built on philosophy and books like the Qur'an actively encourage philosophy; hence the rapid development of the middle eastern arithmetic, trigonometry and most advanced maths and scientific thinking that we employ today.



To debate, one must be able to have a conversation. Questioning/reasoning upon something another party has said does not have to be in an argumentative manner. The fact that so many people think it does, is why for instance people can't talk about race for more than 5 minutes before things get out of hand etc.

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