Assertion: jihad | /r/HasProperty | limited
Facets:
value: "strictly limited"
type: DEGREE
value: in islamic theology
type: OTHER
value: to combatants
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Jihad is limited to combatants while terrorism involves indiscriminate killing of civilians.
text: In Islamic theology, Jihad is not limited to, as popularly understood, holy war.
text: On the other hand, other scholars argue that such verses of the Qur'an are interpreted out of context, Micheline R. Ishay has argued that "the Quran justifies wars for self-defense to protect Islamic communities against internal or external aggression by non-Islamic populations, and wars waged against those who 'violate their oaths' by breaking a treaty". and British orientalist Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner stated that jihad, even in self-defence, is "strictly limited".