When Did You Last See This Meaning Of "Jihad" In Your Favorite Media Source(s)?

2015-07-08T01:44:04-04:00

The jihad path not taken

From "The Globe & Mail"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/SOMNIA/article25341357/

The New York Times recently chronicled the path of a young woman, Alex, in rural Washington State, who was lured online toward the ideology of the Islamic State. Her main recruiter, Faisal, spent hours with her daily, patiently answering questions about Islam, sending books and gifts. Lessons about the faith morphed into IS dogma, and the command for believers to migrate to a homeland carved by the group on Syria and Iraq.

After announcing her conversion to Islam via Twitter, Alex was counselled by Faisal and his crew to hide her faith and remain isolated from American Muslims. She continued to teach Sunday school at church – as a Muslim. With few friends, and living with her grandparents, her online “family” became everything to her – until ...

The jihad path not taken

In the battle for the hearts and minds of Muslim youth, we need to engage them, not react with scorn or fear

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 8 at 2015 1:50 AM

2015-07-08T01:50:19-04:00

This past week.