Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. ... Understanding the various ways that Jihad has been interpreted throughout Muslim history will help one distinguish between extremist organizations and the majority of Muslims. ... Richard Bonney depicts that the jihad has two concepts which coexist: one is the Muslim's struggle against his or her own lower nature, the struggle within the self and the other is a more political concept, the Muslim view of 'just war'.1 This reference gave rise to the distinguishing of two forms of jihad: "greater" and "lesser"....

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