jihad
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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
Since then, mosques in both Deraa and Damascus have reportedly called for jihad against Israeli forces.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
The danger is that Paul might be swayed to believe it, too, even as the hallucinogenic spice peppers him with visions of a jihad waged in his name.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Mammy said that before he left with Noor to join the jihad against the Soviets, back in 1980, it was Ahmad who had dutifully and competendy minded these things.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing jihad
World Religions
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Middle School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - High School
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