Jihad a Supreme Duty of Every Muslim: Shujaat Husaain
(ANI) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain has said that Jihad is different from terrorism in as much as the former is a supreme duty of a Muslim, and the latter a crime. “There is a great difference between the two, but Jihad cannot be declared as terrorism,” The News quoted Hussain as saying. Pakistan has often said that what is going in Jammu and Kashmir is a Jihad and not terrorism. Claiming that Kashmiris had launched a struggle for freedom, Islamabad has maintained that it is merely supporting their struggle. Whenever, New Delhi has complained about Islamabad being involved in infiltrating terrorism into Kashmir , the latter has described it as a Jihad.
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