Mussolini and Hitler's Appeal to the Jihadists, Hitler and Germany's Endorsement of Jihad against the Jews

Jihad in The Twentieth Century and Today

By Dr. Norman Berdichevsky
Monday, August 23, 2010

Look at any college textbook on comparative religions or world geography and what you learn about Islam is essentially the harmless but colorful doctrines of devotion and worship that Muslims around the world practice on a daily or seasonal basis, referred to as The Five Pillars of Islam.

These are; the shahada or declaration that Allah is the only God and that Muhammad is his prophet, the haj (the pilgrimage to Mecca), sala (daily prayer five times a day), zaka (the giving of alms), and (saum), the month long fast from sun-up to sun-down during the month of Ramadan. If mentioned at all, Jihad is reported as an “internal struggleâ€