Jihad:
Struggle, the struggle within the soul, defending the faith from critics, supporting its growth and defense financially, even
migrating to non-Muslim lands for the purpose of spreading Islam. Violent jihad is a constant of Islamic history.
Dhimmitude:
the status that Islamic law, the Sharia, mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. Dhimmis, "protected people,"
are free to practice their religion in a Sharia regime, but are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed
to enforce the Qur'an's command that they "feel themselves subdued" (Sura 9:29).
Taqiya: the ability to dodge a threat
by dissembling, lying.
Kitman: telling only a part of the
truth, with “mental reservation” justifying the omission of the rest. One example may suffice. When a Muslim maintains
that “jihad” really means “a spiritual struggle,” and fails to add that this definition is a recent
one in Islam (little more than a century old), he misleads by holding back, and is practicing “kitman.” The use
of the word in Qur’an and Hadith, and constantly through 1350 years of Muslim history, has certainly endowed the word
“Jihad” with a meaning of struggle, usually through military means, to expand the domain of Islam.
Mansukh: abrogated verses
in the Koran.
Nasikh: abrogating verses in the
Koran.
Muamara: conspiracy.
Rahba: awestruck.
Mutawaadi: humble.
Baseet: modest.
Caliph: literally successor; refers
to the successor of the prophet Muhammad, the ruler of the Islamic world
Dar Al-Harb: House of War, literally
Domain of Disbelief where the battle for the domination of Islam should be waged.
Dar al Islam: House of Islam where
Sharia Law is enforced.
Fard Kifayah: an obligation on the
community as a whole.
Fard Ayn: obligatory upon everyone
individually.
Sharia Law: law based on the Koran,
includes stoning, amputation, women debased.
Fatwa: an Islamic religious decree
issued by the ulama.
Mufti: A Muslim scholar
who interprets the shari’a.
Milmastia: The
Islamic code of hospitality that demands protection for fellow Muslims who seek shelter in their country – even if such
protection means risking their lives.
Halaal: Literally "permissible,"
the halāl method of slaughtering animals is to cut through the large arteries in the neck to allow blood to leave more
quickly, which is preceded by the words "In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful" (Arabic بِسْمِ
اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ,
bismillāh, i-rahman, i-rahīm). Killing the animal in this way is considered by Muslims to be both cleaner
and more merciful to the animal. However, many animal rights groups contend that this causes unnecessary pain and suffering
to the animal when compared to modern methods of animal slaughter, which involve stunning the animal before killing it, which
is forbidden in Islam since halāl slaughter requires the animal to be conscious.
Haraam:
An Arabic word, used in Islam to refer to anything that is prohibited by the faith. Included are pork, alcohol,
adultery and siding with a non-Muslim power against Muslims in war.
Mahv: A Farsi word, meaing "wiped off." http://today.reuters.com/news/GBUStories.aspx
You continue to report that “Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to
be ”wiped off the map“” even though many Mideast experts have stated that the interpretation of what Ahmadinejad
actually said was that the “Zionist regime will not last.”
In other words, rather than calling for ethnic cleansing, as your news stories imply, Iranian officials
are calling for regime change—a common enough phrase these days. Are your reporters and editors deliberately misinforming
the public?
Jan
We actually had access to this speech, and heard the president’s words verbatim from our own
TV footage. We stand behind our translation. In this case, he used the word “mahv,”
which in Farsi means “wiped off”: Editor
