Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the conduct of some Muslims in the country who engage in violence in the name of Jihad.
According to Aregbesola, from the history of life and times of the Holy Prophet, Jihad has not and “is still not a war of hate, destruction, indiscriminate, arandom war of a mandate that can be appropriated by just about anyone”.

Aregbesola, who said this on Saturday at a Ramadan lecture organised by the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society at the Women Development Centre, Abuja, also lamented the violent activities of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, describing it as “posturing which was far from Islamic tenets and teachings”.
In his lecture entitled, ‘Islam,Education and the Principles of Jihad’, the governor said honest and discerning Nigerian would testify to the fact that what the group stands for does not approximate Islam by any stretch of the imagination.

He said it somewhat represents a dynamics withinIslam which if not well managed, could affect the perception of Islam by the larger world and its fortunesin a changing world.

Meanwhile, Aregbesola, in Osogbo on Sunday, said the appellation, ‘Your Excellency’ used to address public office holders was an aberration of the country’s constitution and sycophantic.

Aregbesola, who stated this at public lecture, maintained that the phrase was “introduced by the political class wishing to segregate itself from the common man.”

The lecture was organised by Muslim Association of Nigeria at the Osogbo City Hall, Osogbo.

The governor also faulted the use of ‘Executive Governor,’ describing the phrase as repetitive.
He stressed that he was comfortable with being addressed as a governor.

bashr8: ok so he supports jihad ? RIP SW , wait till becomrich lay his hands of you.

aribisala0: I am not a muslim but my reading of the quran indicates that Jihad indicates internal struggle what Psychologists may characterize as the struggle of the id and superego is this correct?

aribisala0: I am not a muslim but my reading of the quran indicates that Jihad indicates internal struggle what Psychologists may characterize as the struggle of the id and superego is this correct?

ebamma: Jihad is a name of a person,animal, place or thing.

charlsecy4: According to the authoritative Dictionary of Islam jihad is defined as: "A religious war with those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muhammad ... enjoined especially for the purpose of advancing Islam and repelling evil from Muslims."

An accurate interpretation of the concept of Jihad is provided by the BBC about how Muslims describe three different types of struggles:

A believer's internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible.

The struggle to build a good Muslim society.

Holy war: the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary.

[url=en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad]Source[/url]

economia: As Evangelism is to Christainity and Good-works to Judaism, so is Jihad to the Islam.

ebamma: Jihad is a name of a person,animal, place or thing.

farouqzaib:

I don't really understand your question.

Jihad encompasses a broad term and internal struggle is one of it's aspect. Internal struggle is the greatest form of Jihad(I'm sure those Boko boys forget that).

salaksmana: Every muslims supports Jihad, there definition of it is just what is different.

economia: As Evangelism is to Christainity, so is Jihad to the Islam.

gboss4sure: please where can i buy this koran? i need to read it.

aribisala0: I am not a muslim but my reading of the quran indicates that Jihad indicates internal struggle what Psychologists may characterize as the struggle of the id and superego is this correct?

manny4life: