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

The concept

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

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).

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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 ==
+* [[Sharia]]
 * [[Tawhid]]
-* [[Sharia]]
 == References ==
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-[[Category:Islam]][[Category:Political theory]]
+[[Category:Islam]][[Category:Theology]][[Category:Infrared]]

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The concept

Infrared's usage

See also

References