'Jihad' Has Different Meanings

According to the AP:

MIAMI - Defense attorneys in the Jose Padilla terrorism support trial are going to great lengths to suggest to jurors that jihad is not necessarily Muslim holy war and that mujahedeen could just as easily be freedom fighters as terrorists.
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The legal battle about definitions goes to the heart of the defense argument that what Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi were doing from 1994 to 2001 was not supporting terrorism, but providing humanitarian aid to oppressed and persecuted Muslims worldwide.

"People associate 'jihad' with what they see in the media," said attorney Gary Bicker. "They associate it with the 9/11 attacks, video taped beheadings, and suicide bombers, but that is just a narrow definition of jihad.

"It can also mean 'peanut butter and jelly sandwiches'."

Bicker argues that when some Muslims call for a jihad, they only want to promote peace to their enemies via a tasty treat.

"Also, in some languages, the word 'had' from 'jihad' means 'whiz'," said Bicker.

"So if you put 'ji' and 'whiz' together, you essentially have a bunch of disgruntled freedom fighters going around saying 'Gee whiz!' to the state of affairs of the Palestinians."

Bicker also argues that the defendants' words were taken out of context regarding their use of the word 'jihad'.

"If I came up to you and said, 'I'm going to stab you in the face, you son of a bitch' with no pre-context to what I mean, you might get the wrong idea," said Bicker.

To prove his point, Bicker brought out a living duck for a demonstration.

"Look carefully at this fowl," he said. "Just because it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, doesn't mean that....uh...okay, bad example."