Jihad means "peaceful struggle"? The people who bombed London
and the Twin Towers are not Muslims? I would never have guessed!

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Lessons in peace
By Matt Jackson

SWINDON'S politicians and council staff have learned the true meaning
of Jihad at a Broad Street mosque.

More than a dozen visitors learned that it means 'peaceful struggle'
during an Islamic awareness course yesterday.

Swindon Council chief executive Gavin Jones joined ward councillors
and council staff for discussions and lectures at Broadgreen Community
Centre.

[...]

Mr Tai has worked with SureStart programmes in the past, and started
giving lectures in 2004 to spread the peaceful side of Islam.

He said: "The people who bombed London and the Twin Towers are not
Muslims.

"We hear the word Jihad in the media as a violent word, but it
actually refers to the peaceful struggle every Muslim undertakes 
each day."

[...]

Full article at "Swindon Advertiser" - UK
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/
swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.908615.0.lessons_in_peace.php

Cheers, Steve..

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