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jihad


Definition: Meaning of, jihad in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dʒɪˈhɑːd /

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jihad jihads
[countable]
  1. a holy war fought by Muslims
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jihad used in phrases

  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad (noun)
    1. an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
  • Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini (noun)
    1. a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant than Hamas
  • Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (noun)
    1. an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan
  • Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (noun)
    1. an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan
  • International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders (noun)
    1. a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh
  • Islamic Jihad
    1. an Islamic organization that supports Palestinian independence
  • Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine (noun)
    1. a Shiite Islamic political and paramilitary organization based in Lebanon
  • Laskar Jihad (noun)
    1. a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad (noun)
    1. a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant than Hamas
  • Palestinian Islamic Jihad (noun)
    1. a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant than Hamas
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