Technical ad for the discerning insurgent

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bear_with_a_hammer@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y (5 replies)
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PugJesus@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I've always put 'jihad' as the equivalent of 'crusade' in that it could be used to mean 'Something you're striving for very strongly' OR 'armed struggle'. But I'm no Muslim, nor particularly well-educated in Islamic theology.

bear_with_a_hammer@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Also because they were called by the Roman Emperor, and probably also to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land

Gork@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Don't forget the Butlerian Jihad.

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3y

Yeah, sorry to the other replier, but that is the more popular form. And that Jihad was so bloody that it outlawed a good chunk of technology.

bort@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 3y
Verity_kindle@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Ooh, I love this so much. Top kek!

Neato@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Is that last one a bottle of hot sauce or a giant bomb?

PugJesus@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y

Yes