Jihad means “struggle” in Arabic. It is a central duty of every Muslim, as described by Robert Spencer on his webpage Jihad Watch. While Islamic theologians emphasize jihad as nonviolent, a struggle within the soul, there is also a component of violent jihad described in the Qur’an. Specifically, this involves the conversion of nonbelievers to Islam, “either by persuasion or by force.” The goal of jihad is Sharia, or Islamic law. Jihad may manifest as stoning an adulterous woman, throwing a homosexual man off a building, or the acts of terrorism which have now become almost a weekly occurrence in Europe. Violence to further an ideology. Ends that justify the means. The American left is waging a similar ideological war against non-believers of progressivism. Several days ago, J.R. Dunn, on these pages, raised the possibility of Antifa terrorism as an explanation for two recent Bernie Sanders supporters going on shooting sprees in the name of...(Read Full Article)