Submitters Perspective, August 2022

Jihad as striving rather than holy war: the struggle against the ego and evil, war only in self defense, kindness toward peaceful unbelievers, and the Quran's condemnation of terrorism, suicide, and killing innocents. An opening essay reflects on how God gives every creature what it needs, from the tiger's roar to the cat's purr, and gives humans the Quran as their means to salvation.