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(Farmer, 2007, p.46) Jihad literally means "struggle", and In Farmer's words, it refers to the struggle for the good of Islamic life. Ahmed Rashid explains it according to Prophet Muhammad (2002, p.2) as "[...] the effort of each Muslim to become a better human being, to struggle to improve him- or herself. In doing so the follower of Jihad can also benefit his or her community". In Islam, Jihad is only justified when Islam and/or its followers are attacked. It’s no wonder why people often misunderstand the word Jihad as "killing" because, in a struggle, especially a delicate one as this, there is usually mass killing, and Oxford dictionary defines the word struggle as: making forceful efforts to get free (askoxford.com). According to Farmer, Islamists feel that Jihad is justified or is the appropriate action in its present situation between the west (mainly The United States) and Israel; who they believe have teamed up to force them (Palestinians) out of a land that rightly belongs to them - according to history; the teachings of the Koran. Jihad is generally misunderstood to mean one thing - killing, but the aspect of "war" is only a part of Jihad. According to Rashid's explanation of Jihad from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, there is greater Jihad which deals with self improvement of a Muslim in other words, the moral discipline (Rashid, 2002, p.2), and the lesser Jihad which prefers to the struggle - Rashid writes (p.2) "it is also true that Islam sanctions rebellion against an unjust ruler, whether Muslim or not, and Jihad can become the means to mobilize that political and social struggle".