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New rule, non muslims can’t say the word jihad. Until you stop conflating a word that means personal struggle with faith and temptation with terrorism youre just not allowed to say it.

I’m not a Muslim but I just thought I would reblog this because I think it’s definitely worth listening to.

It’s totally okay for non muslims to reblog this, and i encourage it. Im just glad you’re listening.

Oh god, finally someone said it. Every time I see words like “jihadist” I want to scream, but I’m not Muslim, so I wasn’t sure I should say anything. 

Jihad means struggle. It doesn’t mean holy war or anything like it. In fact, there is no word in Islam for holy war, because the nature of Islam does not leave room for holy war. Islam has a juridical system, not a Pope who can just say “Go wage holy war.” Conflating the personal nature of jihad with violence is so very gross and it needs to stop. Period.

Actually, there’s another word non-muslims in the media shouldn’t use:

Allahu Akbar. It’s not a statement of terrorism. It means “god is great”. It’s something we say to praise our lord. It’s what we say when we pray. It’s not a statement of terrorism. Allahu Akbar doesn’t mean terrorism stop using it as one

I would really appreciate it if non Muslims understood this

Reblogging cause I had no idea

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Ghanaian Jewish man sews challah covers in Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana; 2016 x

The Ghanaian Jewish community claims to be decedent from the Jewish community of Bilad el-Sudan, who were nearly completely wiped out when they were forcibly converted in 1492 by the Songhai Empire.  The Sefwi people, who live in western Ghana, have an oral history that tells of them migrating from Mali and Gambia and through many centuries of assimilation and antisemitism, converted to Christianity.  In 1977, a Sefwi man named Aaron Ahomtre Toakyirafa is credited for connecting certain practices of the Sefwi, such as circumcision, refusing to work on Shabbat, and the laws of kashrut, to Judaism.  The community has been connected with the worldwide Jewish community since the 1990′s and is especially known for making challah covers – such as in the picture above – which can be purchased here.

Shabbat Shalom from all of us at the Jewish Virtual Library!