the people of the ogadenia or somali galbeed have been under a brutal occupation for over century.for over a 100 years it has been little short of hell on earth for our fellow somalis in the ogedan.they have lived under a repressive and muderous ethiopian regimes that use torture, rape and scorch earth policy against innocent and defenseless people. under these circumstance people have the right to resistence under every law unknow to man. the holy qu'ran makes obligatory for muslims to defend their life, property and religion.
And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter
as a muslim if you are fighting for the right and just cause then your fight makes a jihad, even if your not fighting to establish sharica. this because islam gives you the right to defend your life, property, country and your religion. defending your life and property from an aggressor is lawful under islam, thus it becames a jihad (which what the ONLF is doing). some of you seem to think the can ONLY fight a jihad to establish a islamic state. so doest that mean oppressed people who are being perscuted in the own land cannot fight a jihad. of course it doesnt, because such claim would be absurd. FIGHTING A JIHAD MEANS FIGHTING OPPRESSION.
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Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not do aggression, for Allah loves not the aggressors. Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors. And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers. But if they desist, then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrongdoers." (Al-Baqarah 190-194)
in not a islamic scholar but i believe fighting for the right cause is a jihad.
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
Malcolm X