In her speech, which was posted online Monday, Sarsour discussed leaders like Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali who helped shift culture by being unapologetically themselves. Conservative news sites are targeting activist Linda Sarsour again , this time for using the word “jihad” in a speech to a mainly Muslim audience. A number of conservative outlets zeroed in on a particular section of Sarsour’s speech, in which she used the word “jihad” to describe efforts to resist unjust policies. The word “jihad” has long been misused and misunderstood by both Muslim extremists and people seeking to spread hatred against Muslims. There have been bus advertisements, videos, blogs and social media campaigns aimed at educating people about the word’s proper meaning.

Source: Huffington Post July 07, 2017 01:52 UTC