Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd that not only did Muslims defend Islām but also secular Jews, like Uri Avnery, an Israeli writer and peace activist who concluded, in an article published by an Israeli peace movement (Probably Peace Now), that it is true that the Prophet Muhammad supported the use of the sword in his wars against opposing forces. "But that was a political act, not a religious one; basically a fight for territory, not for the spreading of the faith," Avnery explained. The editor of Arab-West Report finds this a good article.