About The Word Jihad
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Jihad
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What's The Definition Of Jihad?
[n] a holy struggle by Muslims
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jihad: jehad Related Terms | Find terms related to Jihad: Jihad In Webster's Dictionary \Ji*had"\, Jehad \Je*had"\, n. [Ar. jih[=a]d.] (Moham.)
A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics;
also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the
Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans
anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the
promise of future bliss behind it. --James Bryce.
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