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a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels; or any relentless battle for a beliefor more rarely: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral, spiritual, or political goal
- They urged a jihad against Jews and crusaders.
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
- They urged jihad against the Americans in Afghanistan.
- The talib talked of jihad in such glorious terms that my father was captivated.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- At fourteen, he and his father had joined the jihad against the Shorawi.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- Did you fight jihad?Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Through it all, the wild jihad still loomed ahead of him, the violence and the slaughter.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- Many of the drawings depict tanks running over huts, men brandishing AK-47s, refugee camp tents, scenes of jihad.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Your brother Farhad joined the jihad in 1980.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- But that had been during the Soviet war, Tariq said, the days of jihad and worldwide interest and generous funding and visits from Margaret Thatcher.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- He told me about a time shortly after he and his father joined the jihad and fought the Shorawi in the Panjsher Valley.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- Corrupt, greedy Mujahideen commanders, armed to the teeth, rich off heroin, declaring jihad on one another and killing everyone in between-that's what.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- What does jihad have to do with killing women and children?Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- An Islamic Jihad Council, formed in Peshawar by several of the Mujahideen factions, would oversee things for two months, led by Sibghatullah Mojadidi.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- There was even a headmaster from Shangla who would boast that his greatest success was to send ten boys in Grade 9 for jihad training in Kashmir.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- CONTACT US FOR JIHAD TRAINING, they would say, listing a phone number to call.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- The father could not join the jihad then; he'd have to stay home and care for his child.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Jihad was another forbidden word.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- And he calls this jihad.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- My father says that in our part of the world this idea of jihad was very much encouraged by the CIA.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- During the Afghan jihad many madrasas had been built, most of them funded by Saudi money, and many young men had passed through them, as it was free education.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a relentless battle for a belief
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
jihad = holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
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