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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240639)9/2/2007 5:41:11 PM
From: kumar  Respond to of 281500
 
Shaheed is not just an arabic word - it also translates equivantly into Urdu or Hindi. Same meaning.

A good example is Shaheed Bhagath Singh - fought for Indian independance against the British Empire, lost his life in the fight, thats when he was referred to as Shaheed Bhagath Singh.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240639)9/2/2007 11:19:01 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Similarly, Islamic Jihad means personal seeking of a good way of life for oneself; aspiration to the right way to live.

I hope you haven't been sucked into believing it has anything to do with making OTHER people do things the right way and killing them if they don't.

Mqurice



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240639)9/3/2007 1:51:46 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Oh please. Are you suggesting this Arabic speaking woman mistook what her son said?

No, wasn't suggesting anything in particular. I just looked up the word, and that's what Wikepedia said. Maybe you got the spelling wrong, maybe Wikepedia is wrong, I have no idea.