So we're doing this again. The media is going to tell us about the word "jihad" and its many possible meanings. We've been told before that jihad is an internal spiritual conflict that must be overcome. So when the leader of Hamas says from Qatar that he's calling for a worldwide day of jihad, encouraging Muslims bordering Israel to invade, "jihad" means "holy war."
Britain's news channel GB News talked to a former detective superintendent at the Metropolitan Police about the massive pro-Palestinian street protests in England, and though he's no austere religious scholar, he knows jihad can mean different things.
'Jihad means a lot of different things to many different people.'
— GB News (@GBNEWS) October 23, 2023
Former Detective Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, Shabnam Chaudri, discusses the pro-Palestine protests.
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Is this a joke?
— C (@capital_punx) October 23, 2023
We all know the context in which it was meant this time.
— Eleanor (@eleanorzjames) October 23, 2023
Jihad means ONE thing on British streets. End
— KOBra (@KOBCOB2) October 23, 2023
What does it mean to people that are getting beheaded?!
— ThePragmaticObserver (@asaf_ko) October 23, 2023
— Alex Leb 🇮🇱 (@AlexLebkuecher) October 23, 2023
That's one of the most weakest claims I've ever heard.
— gilad rubin (@giladrubin) October 23, 2023
What a pathetic excuse for inaction.
— Tich Quackers (@QuackersTich) October 23, 2023
I thought a ‘non-crime-hate-incident’ depended on how a person perceived how a perpetrator was saying something 🤔
— Irish Doris (@Irish_Doris) October 23, 2023
Jihad means only one thing to everyone…apart from Shabnam Chaudri.
— Jimmy Mack (@AngloScot77) October 23, 2023
How strange…
— Space Ace (@GreenManalishi7) October 23, 2023
Well over here in this country it means terrorist
— lunc (@luncalitious) October 23, 2023
Cops in the U.K. will arrest you for any number of thoughtcrimes, but calling for jihad in the streets while waving the Palestinian flag could mean a lot of things to a lot of people.
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