al-Jihad

After the arrest and trial of the members of the al-Jihad group who plotted and carried out the assassination of Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, in October 1981, Egyptian journals became the forum for an informal debate between the men in the dock in a Cairo courtroom and leading members of Egypt's Muslim clergy.

New York Review Archives: Context For Egypt's Unrest The New York Review of Books 2011

After the arrest and trial of the members of the al-Jihad group who plotted and carried out the assassination of Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, in October 1981, Egyptian journals became the forum for an informal debate between the men in the dock in a Cairo courtroom and leading members of Egypt's Muslim clergy.

New York Review Archives: Context For Egypt's Unrest The New York Review of Books 2011

In July 2006 Shiite gunmen set up fake checkpoints in the al-Jihad neighborhood of Baghdad and shot people after examining their identification cards.6

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

As bin Laden saw it, the problem was that the group's full name, al-Qaeda al-Jihad, for The Base of Holy War, had become short-handed as simply al-Qaeda.

Bin Laden eyed name change for al-Qaeda to repair image 2011

Terrorism analyst Will McCants told the New York Times that a group calling itself Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack, saying it was a response to Norwegian forces' presence in Afghanistan and to insults to the prophet Muhammad – a claim later withdrawn.

Norway attacks suggest political motive 2011

Later it would spawn more radical offshoots, such as Hamas and al-Jihad.

The Faces of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 2011

In July 2006 Shiite gunmen set up fake checkpoints in the al-Jihad neighborhood of Baghdad and shot people after examining their identification cards.6

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

As bin Laden saw it, the problem was that the group's full name, al-Qaeda al-Jihad, for The Base of Holy War, had become short-handed as simply al-Qaeda.

Bin Laden eyed name change for al-Qaeda to repair image 2011

The attack targeted a police patrol in Hay al-Jihad neighborhood.

Bombings, Shootings Kill Nearly 100 in Iraq 2010

In separate incidents in Hay al-Jihad, western Baghdad, one soldier and one policeman were killed and five security officials were injured.

Bombings, Shootings Kill Nearly 100 in Iraq 2010