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UK
/dʒɪhˈɑːd/
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[ US /ˈdʒihæd, ˈdʒihɑd/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒihæd, ˈdʒihɑd/ ]
NOUN
- a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
How To Use jihad In A Sentence
- In a statement this week, Somalia's al-Shabaab released these pictures of what it described as a graduation ceremony of its fresh recruits trained and ready to head to Yemen to "assist in jihad, the brethren of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2010
- During a pretrial hearing last month, Abdulmutallab muttered "Osama's alive" to some spectators as he was brought into the courtroom and mumbled "jihad" when the judge used the phrase "al Qaeda" as she read the charges against him. Reuters: Press Release
- Abdulmutallab, who muttered "Osama's alive" to some spectators as he was brought into the courtroom, mumbled "jihad" when Judge Edmunds used the name "al Qaeda" as she read the charges against him to the jury. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- This book is the most balanced account of the phenomenon of contemporary jihadism to date.
- Deccan Organization of the Islamic Jihad Army claimed responsibility for the attacks.
- Aman Mojadidi Mr. Mojadidi's use of the word jihad in his work is no coincidence. This 'Jihadi' Is Armed With a Subversive Sense of Humor
- In 2007, the U.S. released him to Saudi Arabia, where he underwent a much-trumpeted religious "deradicalization" program for jihadists that clearly didn't take. Macleans.ca
- The problem iswe forget Jihad is not an American word, and that this allis seemingly none of our business. What Israeli Brutality in Gaza?
- Other Palestinian groups such as the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mediate between the two sides to stop the clashes.
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