What is the ruling on demonstrations, and do they fall under jihad?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on demonstrations, and are they part of jihad in the path of Allah?

Answer:
Demonstrations are of no benefit; they are chaos, they are a form of chaos. What harm does it do to the enemy if people demonstrate in one of the streets and raise their voices? In fact, this may please the enemy, who will say that they have been wronged and harmed. This enemy rejoices. Islam is the religion of tranquility, the religion of calm, and the religion of knowledge; it is not a religion of chaos and anger. Rather, it is a religion that seeks tranquility and calm while performing beneficial and rewarding deeds, such as supporting Muslims, making du'a for them, and supplying them with money and weapons. This is what is effective. It also involves protesting to the governments on their behalf to remove the oppression from them, and demanding that the countries which claim to be democratic grant these Muslims their rights and the rights of the human being they boast about. But in their view, the human being is the disbeliever, while the Muslim is not a human being in their eyes; rather, he is a terrorist. They call Muslims terrorists, and the one who has rights in their view is the disbeliever. Therefore, Muslims should follow the methodology of Islam in these events and others. Islam did not come with demonstrations, anger, raising voices, destroying property, or aggression. All of this is not from Islam. This harms Muslims and does not harm the enemy, nor does it harm their enemy. Rather, their enemy rejoices at this and says, "I have affected them, I have angered them, and I have had an impact on them."