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  • adjective Of or pertaining to jihad (Muslim holy war).

Etymologies

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jihad +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • Before this war against fundamentalist, jihadic Islam is over, every brave dissident may require personal protection – not only a legal defense fund but physically armed guards.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • One 9/11 family member spoke up and said they're afraid that this trial in a civilian court would give the defendants a platform to spew their jihadic rhetoric and ridicule the U.S. Justice system.

    CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2009 2009

  • Are immigrant Muslim taxi drivers heroically selfless “family men” or are they soldiers in an advancing jihadic Army?

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • The Canadians say they started going after these kids when they intercepted some encrypted messages they were sending over the Internet; jihadic messages saying they wanted to bomb sites in Canada, especially around the Capitol in Ottawa and some of the skyscrapers of Toronto.

    The Medium Is the Message The Daily Growler 2006

  • And I want to instill the same jihadic feeling in our people's heart, in the Aryan race, that they have for their father who they call Allah.

    CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2005 2005

  • And in the same manner, in the same manner as the 1991 Gulf War really played a decisive role in giving rise to bin Ladenism, I feel that this war, which is seen to be unjust, will give rise to new jihadic groups who are determined to attack America and Americans.

    CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2003 2003

  • The same group "Shariah Court of the UK," by the way, being a self-given title, not an official one; the radically decentralized ability to issue ostensibly-binding fatwas is a frequent source of confusion has since issued a fatwa of death against all members of a gay Muslim organization in Britain and recruited British Muslims as jihadic fighters in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

    Archive 2002-09-22 Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • The same group "Shariah Court of the UK," by the way, being a self-given title, not an official one; the radically decentralized ability to issue ostensibly-binding fatwas is a frequent source of confusion has since issued a fatwa of death against all members of a gay Muslim organization in Britain and recruited British Muslims as jihadic fighters in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

    09/22/2002 - 09/29/2002 Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • The same group "Shariah Court of the UK," by the way, being a self-given title, not an official one; the radically decentralized ability to issue ostensibly-binding fatwas is a frequent source of confusion has since issued a fatwa of death against all members of a gay Muslim organization in Britain and recruited British Muslims as jihadic fighters in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

    Jacob T. Levy Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • "And I want to instill the same jihadic feeling in our peoples' heart, in the Aryan race, that they have for their father, who they call Allah."

    The Seattle Times 2011

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