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Thread #98726   Message #1958284
Posted By: dianavan
05-Feb-07 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pakistan and the Taliban
Subject: RE: BS: Pakistan and the Taliban
Leadfingers - Here is a pretty good explanation of jihad.

http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010923jihad0923p5.asp

It seems the extremists take words from the Koran out of context and apply them to the problems of today.

Seems we have the same problem with interpreting passages of the Bible.