We need to start discussing and learning about Jihad
Over the past few years I think the mainstream Muslim community has started to shy away about discussing Jihad.
I am not talking about the struggle against your own soul, but war.
Islam has pragmatism and it understands that pacifism is not always the right answer. The revelation of the verses relating to Jihad were not easy and occurred after the Muslims had been oppressed severely for a long period of time.
As terrorism has become more prevalent, more and more people seem to shy away from discussing the topic, hoping to not ruffle any feathers, to not be misquoted and not be harrassed by any extremism government policies.