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Islam, one of the world's great monotheistic religions, has Saudi Arabia as its heartland. The followers of Islam, called Muslims, believe in God - in Arabic, Allah - and that Muhammad is His Prophet.(Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 2006) Jihad means "holy struggle" which literally means to struggle in the way of god. It sometimes is referred to as the sixth pillar of the Islamic religion. The reason to this is because the characteristics of jihad are like the five pillars. Jihad is also one of the 10 practices of the religion. (Esposito, 2005) This means that muslims have to practice jihad once in their life. According to the Islamic Jihad, a proper reading of the Qur'an and an understanding of history would lead to the conclusion that Palestine is the focus of the religio-historical confrontation between the Muslims and their eternal enemies, the Jews. (Tel Aviv University, 2002) The second meaning, associated with mystics, rejects the legal definition of jihad as armed conflict and......

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