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Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.

There's no question that jihad historically means war.

The reason that Islamist militants can assert that jihad is necessary against the perceived enemies of Islam is that there is sufficient ammunition in the Quran to buttress their beliefs. The same could also, of course, be said for the Old Testament, which is full of scenes of violent death visited on the enemies of God.

Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve.

No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.

Islamist terrorism is a cancer on Islam, and Muslims themselves must fight it at our side.

To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.