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Vigilance since 9/11 takes toll: Your Say

By Sheheryar Ahmad
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters
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Originally published in USA Today Twelve years ago, al-Qaeda took nearly 3,000 innocent lives. I was too young to understand why, but I knew that the Islam I followed didn’t teach violence. I knew that the Quran condemns the taking of innocent lives. I couldn’t understand why, when Islam clearly condemns bloodshed, some people kill and call it an act for the sake of Islam. I have been...

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Jihadis’ death toll: Struggling to understand

By Haris Raja
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters
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Originally published in NY Post   I wish to express my gratitude to Qanta Ahmed for her incisive article on the role of “jihad” in Islam (“Forget About Motive,” PostOpinion, April 30). Her article helped me see through the miasma of what is now called jihad so as to appreciate the valid need for the “lesser jihad” and the grandeur of the “greater jihad.” Judaism, Christianity and Islam all...

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