Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Islam An individual's striving for spiritual self-perfection.
- noun Islam A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle for the propagation or defense of Islam.
- noun A campaign against perceived foes, especially such a campaign regarded as fanatical or immoderate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general religious war of Mussulmans against Christians or other unbelievers in Islam, inculcated in the Koran and Traditions as a duty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Moham.) A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Islam A
holy war undertaken byMuslims . - noun An aggressive
campaign for an idea. - noun theology a
personal spiritual struggle forself-improvement and againstevil
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
- noun a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A British Muslim women's group has launched a "jihad against violence", in a bid to reclaim the term jihad from extremists.
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A British Muslim women's group has launched a "jihad against violence", in a bid to reclaim the term jihad from extremists.
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Aman Mojadidi Mr. Mojadidi's use of the word jihad in his work is no coincidence.
This 'Jihadi' Is Armed With a Subversive Sense of Humor Dion Nissenbaum 2011
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AB: The martial quality suggested by the term jihad also is found in much Buddhist terminology.
Some Common Features of Islam and Buddhism: A Conversation with Snjezana Akpinar and Alex Berzin 2009
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In some non-Western conversations, the term jihad has acquired much of the same ambiguity.
A World Is Born 2007
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In his hands, he held a Koran with the word jihad traced in pencil on the side of its pages.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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In his hands, he held a Koran with the word jihad traced in pencil on the side of its pages.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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"Islamic lexicon" and, in particular, an advocate for replacing the term jihad with hirabah in discussing Islamic terrorism.
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In the case of Saudi national, Mansour Al-Nogaidan, he equates the term jihad to extremism.
American Bedu 2010
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"Islamic lexicon" and, in particular, an advocate for replacing the term jihad with hirabah in discussing Islamic terrorism.
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