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[–] Vailx 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

First, its easy to follow a warlike doctrine in a peaceful way. Similarly, you can follow a peaceful doctrine in a warlike way. If humans routinely treated their holy documents as a source code to be executed, the result would be amusing and ludicrous.

Here's why this is such a great link:

1- It shows a denomination of Islam that isn't decentralized, like the majority of Islam.
2- It shows a peaceful interpretation that doesn't emphasize the "hey go conquer" stuff.

Anyway, to answer your question more exactly, these guys are to Sunni Islam as Mormons are to Protestantism- they believe another guy came and brought a new patchset. The relevant part is because he patches jihad to eliminate the conquering offensive style jihad.

Of course, these guys are considered heretics by the Islamists :/

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[–] Wikiahmadiyya [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Its interesting you say that (and a fairly accurate representation of Sunni views).

Because Sunnis initially maintained we 'patched' jihad. We maintained the [violent among] Sunnis had mutilated jihad and we had only restored it to its original form, as Islam intended it to be. A century or so later, 9/11 happened and lots of the Sunni clerics came out with our exact 'patched' version of jihad saying it was what the Quran taught (fighting only allowed in self defence, jihad essentially a reference to spiritual self reformation through striving towards ever higher morality etc).

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[–] middle_path ago 

Thanks for the explanation.