Addition to firebirds post

The most important idea that I pulled out from M. Sani Umar’s lecture is the distiction between Jihad and this new term “Jihadism.” Like firebird stated: Jihad has many definitions, for example struggle against  your soul, struggle against your enemies, etc. Umar says that Jihad is a matter of discourse and explanation. For example one question brought up in the discourse of Jihad is “who is applicable to participate in Jihad?” Jihadism however refers to immediate action. Some reformers of that era, Sayyid Qutb included, thought that Jihad should be directly acted upon instead of being discussed. That’s where the difference comes from because someone who participates in Jihadism doesn’t take the time to think about it, he just acts. However, the notion of Jihadism has become widely discredited today.

I hope this provided a little more insight into the lecture !