jihad
jihad
Definition
ji·had (jē häd′)
noun
- a war by Muslims against unbelievers or enemies of Islam, carried out as a religious duty
- a fanatic campaign for or against an idea, etc.; crusade
Etymology: Ar, a contest, war
jihad
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- declare: Saheb says that " we Iraqis are waiting for a sign from the president to declare a jihad.
- wage: No other cause has done more to motivate al-Qaeda to wage jihad against the US.
- fight: The fact is that there were and are young men who wanted to go and fight jihad.
- join: But the fact that joining the jihad has become something trendy is very disturbing.
- do: All the people who did jihad will be called from the gate of jihad.
Preposition: against
- west: However I have heard many moslems talk about jihad against the west, against America, against virtually anything not moslem in some speeches.
Preposition: as
Adjective modifier
- Afghan: Would the Taliban or Al-Qaida have emerged without US support for the Afghan jihad?
- lesser: There is a sense in which the lesser jihad is both ' Holy War ' and ' Just War ' .
- Islamic: How do I challenge Islamic fundamentalists and how do I challenge Islamic jihad?
- violent: In early December, jailed cleric Ahmed al-Khalidi renounced his previous endorsement of violent jihad.
- global: In its charter, Hamas calls for a global jihad -- like the suicide bombings last year in London, the city I represent.
Modifies a noun
- training: Mr Rehman and his supporters had done nothing in this case but he was " regularly involved in jihad training.
- warrior: The mosque in the early centuries was also the training ground for jihad warriors ( Margoliouth, Mohammedanism, p.76 ).
Noun used with modifier
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