Former member of the Canadian Council of Imams, Imam Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips:

Islam is a moral message — essentially a moral message. To implement that message, it might require weapons, so there is jihad — jihad has a place. But ultimately the goal of jihad is not the spilling of blood. The goal of jihad is not primarily to take the lands of other people, though it may come.

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