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jihad

noun as in crusade

noun as in holy war

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Example Sentences

Dr Dayah points to Quranic verses and the Sunnah that set strict conditions for the conduct of jihad, including the necessity of avoiding actions that provoke an excessive and disproportionate response by an opponent.

From BBC

Trump accused "foreign jihad sympathizers" of "ripping down and burning our shopping centers" and "killing people."

From Salon

His “movement, renaissance, jihad and martyrdom,” he said, “made a great contribution to the continuity of the authentic Islam of Muhammad. … He faced tyranny and had an impact on instituting change.”

From Salon

“The truth of the matter is that the United States wants us to be in Gaza because the United States does not want jihad to rule the world.”

This is similar to racist notions in the U.S. depicting African-American men as sexual predators, and the “love jihad” claim has motivated killings of Muslim men throughout India.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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