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14.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson…

Activity: Jihad involves the murder of innocent people who don’t believe as a Muslim does. The
terrorists who flew large airplanes into the World Trade Centers and into the Pentagon believed that
they were justified to do so based on their command to Jihad (religious war). They believed they would
receive an instant ticket to Heaven by giving their lives in Jihad.

According to the Bible, Jihad is the spreading and acting out of pure hatred. It is the murder of innocent
people and is a violation of God’s commandments. Many Muslims today are disillusioned with this practice in their
culture. They don’t understand how God could command them to kill others because they believe differently. It
has led to many Muslims seeking the true God of love. Pray for those who are Christians and being persecuted
because of their faith by Muslims. Pray that many Muslims will come to faith in Christ as they see the inconsistency
in their faith and who God ought to be.

End Notes

1 Glasse, Cyril. “Sin.” The New Encyclopedia of Islam. 2008.
2 Qur’an. Al-Qasas 28:15-16.
3 Ibid. Sad 38:24-26, 35.
4 Glasse, Cyril. “Ismah.” The New Encyclopedia of Islam. 2008.
5 Glasse, Cyril. “Sin.” The New Encyclopedia of Islam. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 2008.
6 Sahih Al-Bukhari 1:12:747-749.
7 Qur’an. Al-Imran 3:135.
8 Abu Dawud 8:2516.
9 Qur’an. Al-Insan 76:22.
10 Sahih Al-Bukhari 1:8:345; 4:54:429; 5:58:227; 9:93:608.
11 Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:54:468.
12 Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:54:468.
13 Ibid. 4:54:474.
14 Ibid. 4:55:543.
15 Abu Dawud 8:2515.
16 Sahih Al-Bukhari 9:93:532, 601.
17 Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:54:482.
18 Ibid. 4:54:483-84.
19 Sahih Al-Bukhari 4:54:587.
20 Ibid. 4:55:567.
21 Ibid. 1:3:106-110.
22 Ibid. 4:54:464.
23 Ibid. 1:2:28; 2:24:541.
24 Sahih Al-Bukhari 9:93:480.
25 Qur’an. Al-Naml 27:17; As-Sajdah 32:12; Saba 34:12.
26 Ibid. Sad 38:34-40.
27 Ibid. Saba 34:14.
28 Al-Tabari. The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 1: General Introduction and From the Creation to
the Flood. Trans. W. Montgomery Watt, M. V. McDonald. New York: SUNY, 1987. 250-251.
See also Surah 32:13.
The first portion of each passage
is the isnad, or recorded line of
transmission
29 Ibn Kathir. Stories of the Prophets. Islamic Book Service, 2004. 11.
30 Abu Dawud 1:6.
31 Sahih Al-Bukhari 2:21:245; 4:54:492.
32 Sahih Al-Bukhari 2:22:323; 4:54:505.
33 Ibid. 5:58:200.

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