Per the BBC World Service (http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/beliefs/jihad_1.shtml), jihad is an Arabic noun meaning ?struggle.? There are three forms of jihad:
1. A believer?s internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible
2. The struggle to build a good Muslim society
3. Holy war: the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary
Holy war is absolutely part of the definition of jihad, but it is not the entirety of it. So Erin Burnett?s statement is at least fairly debatable.
Simplifying the politics of Israelis and Palestinians into a distinct choice between civilization and savagery is also fairly debatable.
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frenchrevolution/2012/09/21/cnn-claims-jihad-means-self-improvement/
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