Jihad in Islam actually means helping nations that are being kept behind the curtain of the policies of colonizing, arrogant, despotic powers. … “Why should you not fight in the way of Allah and the oppressed men, women, and children …” (Quran 4:75). [The Quran asks,] “Why don’t you fight for the cause of God?” Then immediately [it says,] “… for the oppressed, to save the oppressed?” This means having a feeling of responsibility. That is, you go and put your life in danger to save the oppressed. This is one of the things that Islam tells us.
Imam Khamenei
Nov. 27, 2014
