In a sermon last Friday at the Chelmsford Muslim Society, a charity, Shams Adduha bewailed the word "jihad" being "polluted" in "the age of counter-terrorism".

It does mean physical fighting and the most "virtuous" form of it is now being carried out by Gazans. That is, Hamas. pic.twitter.com/3GfpmUULcE

— habibi (@habibi_uk) November 12, 2023