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An uphill battle to reclaim “jihad”: A Q&A with Bobby GhoshAn uphill battle to reclaim “jihad”: A Q&A with Bobby Ghosh

Posted By Thu-Huong Ha

TIME Editor-at-Large Bobby Ghosh covers global affairs and the Middle East. For five years he served as the magazine’s Baghdad bureau chief and, by the end of his tenure, was the longest serving print journalist in Iraq. Most recently Ghosh wrote a cover story on Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, arguably the most important man in […]

Culture

6 fascinating talks on better understanding Islam6 fascinating talks on better understanding Islam

Posted By Tedstaff

To many, the word ‘Jihad’ conjures up images of anger, machine guns and Osama bin Laden. But as Bobby Ghosh, editor-at-large of TIME magazine, shares in today’s talk — this actually demonstrates a misappropriation of a word with deep religious significance. “To the vast majority of practicing Muslims, Jihad is an internal struggle for the […]