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The rules of Jihad from the Qur’an…”A military Jihad has to obey very strict rules in order to be legitimate.

* The opponent must always have started the fighting.

* It must not be fought to gain territory.

* It must be launched by a religious leader.

* It must be fought to bring about good - something that Allah will approve of.

* Every other way of solving the problem must be tried before resorting to war.

* Innocent people should not be killed.

* Women, children, or old people should not be killed or hurt.

* Women must not be raped.

* Enemies must be treated with justice.

* Wounded enemy soldiers must be treated in exactly the same way as one's own soldiers.

* The war must stop as soon as the enemy asks for peace.

* Property must not be damaged.

* Poisoning wells is forbidden. The modern analogy would be chemical or biological warfare.”

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