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Would a struggle against evil by a non-muslim be Jihad ?

Did you notice the small print under Xeric's username and the flags under that ?

I was only responding to the question posed to non-muslims about what those terms meant to them. I was not saying that helping others are not Jihad - I am just saying that I have never heard anyone use that term in that context before. No need to accuse people of ignorance. Meant no...

Not sure that they are all "morons". I have a bunch of Muslim friends in India. I have never heard the term Jihad used for helping others. I have been helped a bunch of times, but it was always "I'll help you because I can" rather than "I'll help you because it is Jihad". The first time I...

My first thought on hearing these words ( I can understand the deeper meanings,but my first thoughts). - Islamicised -- depends on context. I have heard of Islamisation of art, architecture etc. In that sense it means more "Arabisation". I associate it with pointy domes and arches. When it...

Depends on which courts. Indian courts have implicated LeT/JuD for a bunch of attacks on civilians pre-Mumbai. Then there is the claim by Kasab that he was trained by JuD in his confession (judgment is not yet delivered). A bunch of terrorists from LeT have surrendered in India and they have...

Thanks for clarifying. I probably confused your views with that of Agnostic Muslim. That figure will be disputed, maybe we need a separate thread for that. But in general I support the claims that all innocent deaths should be traced down.

I have no issues with whatever you said. I am in no way trying to pile in on you. Just explaining the "kya milta hai usko" part of your question.

Kasrkin, I am not saying that India should send terrorists into Pakistan. I am also not saying that killing innocents by Army is justifiable. Both of these should be prosecutable in courts. Morally speaking killing civilians is wrong. What I was saying is that calling LeT non-prosecutable...

Was the revenue sharing option on the table ? did not hear that being offered .

I was talking about giving the revenues for the 14 games if they are held in India/SL. Again BCCI opinion itself might be split. One thing I know about BCCI is that unless things get dragged into Supreme court no decision they make is final. Look at the list of people involved. Sharad...

Is it not obvious ? He is looking for foreign aid for Pakistan. And obviously no one would aid their enemies, so he is projecting Pakistan to be one that is fighting with the west against radicals. The other possibility is to either cut government spending including Army. That would weaken...

I know Ahmed Shah Masood is not particularly popular in Pakistan, but the similarities between his death and this one are striking. Masood maintained that he would fight Taliban and that his death would be the first step in an all out war on Afghanistan. And he was very prescient -- he was...

I don't know how much he can stand by his words or how his view will change after Pakistan Army is in a stronger position, but so far Zardari has not put a foot wrong after he became the president. He has been consistently been saying that he wants peace talks, that he does not consider India...

Yes, but weren't the argument about Dubai/Abu Dhabi ? Those places are safe (afaik. Threats of Dawood/match fixing notwithstanding). Pakistan has already dropped its requirement of matches. What got BD insulted is that PCB insinuated that Dhaka was unsafe. I don't know what was said about...

Usually I would say that one should ignore arrogance/politics in negotiations. But in this one instance I would say that some of this had a part to play. BCCI is one of the most political organizations ever. The elections involve actual political lobbying, court cases and criminal diversion...

Actually Option 1 is not automatically ruled out. Even if India gives all the ticket revenues and TV rights to Pakistan and holds the game in the country, SL/India will still benefit. Cricket draws in tourists and they spend tons of money on hotels/food/booze. So I'd actually love it if India/SL...

I did not hear the "if we don't get it, neither will you" statement from PCB. They did say something like that before the Sri Lankan team attack, but not after that. After that it was all "OK, we can't have the game in Pakistan. But can we at least get some revenues so we can pay our players and...

The difference is that there is willingness to prosecute those who commit atrocities against civilians. I don't think anyone in India says "They are Army so they can commit atrocities". Their orders are to keep peace, not disturb civilians. They are prosecuted when the violate the rules, but I...

I was not trying to bring Mumbai into picture or make Tamilnadu a disputed territory. I agree with your statements that generalizing based on race is bad. What I am saying is that Saeed Hafeez is non-Kashmiri. He is a non-soldier. If he can fight in Indian Kashmir, then a Tamilian or a...