


'Contrary to this common misperception jihad, literally, is an exhortation to believers to exert the greatest possible effort in the pursuit of a praiseworthy goal. It is far removed from the notion of qital , which per force implies killing and bloodshed' 'One of Western colonialism's strategies for extending and consolidating its control over the Islamic world is the deliberate distortion of the image of Islam' 'Hatred is manufactured in the West. It sprouted during the Crusades, matured during the colonialist invasion and flourished with the drive to Americanise the world. Hatred is the engine driving domination and hegemony and it is the tool used to denigrate Muslims in order to facilitate this quest' 'In spite of the fact that the terrorism that parades beneath Islamic banners has directed its venom primarily at Islamic nations and, in spite of the fact that, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the West supported these groups with money and arms to further its designs, the West remains ever ready to exploit the acts perpetrated by these groups to justify its own violent, and often terrorist, acts against Islamic nations' parent page (16 - 22 September 2004, issue #708)