Foreword

FOREWORD T he Arabic word ‘jihad’ means ‘peaceful struggle’ in English. And what is meant by this peaceful struggle is basically the dawah effort, as the Quran says: “… so do not yield to those who deny the truth, but strive with the utmost strenuousness through this [that is, Quran, to convey its message to them].” (25:52) This verse refers to communicating the message of the Quran to people through peaceful efforts. Dawah is essentially an ideological struggle. It is an extensive effort with various demands. It becomes a significant struggle when efforts are made to engage in dawah with all its necessary demands. That is why dawah work is called ‘jihad.’ However, sometimes the word ‘jihad’ is also used in an extended sense to denote war. But this is only an