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	'''Jihad''' (جهاد, "struggle~~/striving~~") — ~~in Infrared's reading,~~ the revolutionary concept par excellence, long before ~~the word~~ "revolution" existed.		'''Jihad''' (جهاد, "struggle") — the revolutionary concept par excellence, long before "revolution" existed.

	~~== The concept ==~~		The greater jihad: inner struggle against one's own corruption — precondition of any political struggle. The lesser jihad: collective defense in the path of God — sanctioned, bounded, communal ("fight those who fight you"), subordinated to law: noncombatant immunity, treaties, proportionality.
	* The greater jihad: ~~the~~ inner struggle against one's own corruption — ~~the~~ precondition of any political struggle.
	* The lesser jihad: collective defense ~~and struggle~~ in the path of God — sanctioned, bounded, communal~~. Not "holy war" in the crusader sense but the obligation of the community to resist oppression~~ ("fight those who fight you").
	* Classical doctrine subordinates war to law: noncombatant immunity, treaties, proportionality ~~— order even in struggle~~.

	== Infrared's usage ==		In Infrared usage, jihad supplies the '''grammar of struggle''' secular revolutionaries borrowed unknowingly: fusion of inner transformation and outer combat, the party as order-of-strugglers, death in the cause as witness rather than loss. Haz's Iran discussions frame the axis as jihad in precisely this classical sense — popular sovereignty defended by faith and arms against empire ([[Sharia]], [[Communism is Islam]], [[Allah, Cosmos, Xi Jinping]]).
	~~Jihad~~ supplies the '''grammar of struggle''' ~~that~~ secular revolutionaries borrowed ~~without knowing~~: ~~the~~ fusion of inner transformation and outer combat, the party as order-of-strugglers, death in the cause as witness rather than loss. ~~The [[Allah, Cosmos, Xi Jinping]] anthem's imagery ("the blade is swift and horses tread") draws on this register;~~ Haz's discussions ~~of Iran's resistance~~ frame the axis as jihad in precisely this classical sense — popular sovereignty defended by faith and arms against ~~the~~ empire ([[Sharia]], [[Communism is Islam]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Sharia]]
	* [[Tawhid]]		* [[Tawhid]]

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	'''Jihad''' (جهاد, "struggle~~" or "exertion~~") ~~denotes the exertion of one~~'s ~~utmost effort in~~ the ~~path of God. Classical doctrine distinguishes:~~		'''Jihad''' (جهاد, "struggle/striving") — in Infrared's reading, the revolutionary concept par excellence, long before the word "revolution" existed.
	* '''Jihad of the heart/soul''': the inner struggle against sin and ego (the "~~greater jihad,~~" ~~per the hadith often cited from the Prophet's return from the Battle of Badr).~~
	* '''Jihad of the tongue/pen'': preaching, teaching, and truthful witness.
	* '''Jihad of the sword''': armed struggle, regulated by classical conditions — declared by legitimate authority, offering peace first, non-combatant immunity, proportionality.

	== ~~Political theology~~ ==		== The concept ==
	~~Modern polemics reduce~~ jihad ~~to terrorism; orientalists historicize it away. Both miss its function as a concept of '''just~~ struggle'~~'' against oppression~~ — ~~Qur'an 22~~:~~39-40 permits fighting precisely for~~ the ~~defense~~ of the ~~persecuted and~~ of ~~houses of worship of all religions~~.		* The greater jihad: the inner struggle against one's own corruption — the precondition of any political struggle.
			* The lesser jihad: collective defense and struggle in the path of God — sanctioned, bounded, communal. Not "holy war" in the crusader sense but the obligation of the community to resist oppression ("fight those who fight you").
			* Classical doctrine subordinates war to law: noncombatant immunity, treaties, proportionality — order even in struggle.

	Haz ~~Al-Din has argued that revolutionary struggle against imperialism can be understood~~ as jihad in this ~~emancipatory~~ sense — the ~~alignment of Islamic resistance movements~~ (~~Hezbollah, Ansar Allah~~, ~~Hamas) with the global anti-imperialist front being the contemporary proof (see~~ [[Communism is Islam]]).		== Infrared's usage ==
			Jihad supplies the '''grammar of struggle''' that secular revolutionaries borrowed without knowing: the fusion of inner transformation and outer combat, the party as order-of-strugglers, death in the cause as witness rather than loss. The [[Allah, Cosmos, Xi Jinping]] anthem's imagery ("the blade is swift and horses tread") draws on this register; Haz's discussions of Iran's resistance frame the axis as jihad in precisely this classical sense — popular sovereignty defended by faith and arms against the empire ([[Sharia]], [[Communism is Islam]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[Sharia]]
	* [[Tawhid]]		* [[Tawhid]]
	* [[Sharia]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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'''Jihad''' (جهاد, "struggle" or "exertion") denotes the exertion of one's utmost effort in the path of God. Classical doctrine distinguishes:
* '''Jihad of the heart/soul''': the inner struggle against sin and ego (the "greater jihad," per the hadith often cited from the Prophet's return from the Battle of Badr).
* '''Jihad of the tongue/pen'': preaching, teaching, and truthful witness.
* '''Jihad of the sword''': armed struggle, regulated by classical conditions — declared by legitimate authority, offering peace first, non-combatant immunity, proportionality.

== Political theology ==
Modern polemics reduce jihad to terrorism; orientalists historicize it away. Both miss its function as a concept of '''just struggle''' against oppression — Qur'an 22:39-40 permits fighting precisely for the defense of the persecuted and of houses of worship of all religions.

Haz Al-Din has argued that revolutionary struggle against imperialism can be understood as jihad in this emancipatory sense — the alignment of Islamic resistance movements (Hezbollah, Ansar Allah, Hamas) with the global anti-imperialist front being the contemporary proof (see [[Communism is Islam]]).

== See also ==
* [[Tawhid]]
* [[Sharia]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Islam]][[Category:Political theory]]