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> their name "Shihad" is from the accented pronunciation of "jihad" from the 1984 movie Dune
Huh. Who knew? (Well you obviously... ; )
But you know what ...
If I was in a band that was actually called Jihad, I would have firmly refused to change our name for post-911 tours to the US.
The reason hotheads in the Middle East were calling for a jihad, is that the US military, CIA etc had been interfering with their politics and murdering their people for decades. See the Adam Curtis doco series The Power of Nightmares, about the origins of "Al Qaeda". Post-911 they got busy killing civilians in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc, for decades more.
The US public - who pay for that military - have something to feel embarrassed by. My band wouldn't have, and neither did Sihad.
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