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jihad

[ji-hahd] / dʒɪˈhɑd /


NOUN
holy war
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In a message congratulating Mojtaba on his appointment Sunday, Hassan Khomeini—the grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founding ayatollah—offered “condolences on the martyrdom of your beloved father, who was a model of jihad and martyrdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

It’s not just the idea of global jihad that became unfashionable over the past decade in the greater Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

This shift reflects HTS's "moderate jihad" strategy since 2017, emphasising pragmatism over rigid ideology.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

But now the bogey of "love jihad" means Hindu girls are asked to leave by a certain hour and not linger in his room.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

She’d been two years old when Ahmad and Noor had left Kabul for Panjshir up north, to join Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud’s forces and fight the jihad.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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