jihad
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ji·had | \ ji-ˈhäd , chiefly British -ˈhad \
variants: or less commonly jehad
Definition of jihad
1: a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious dutyalso : a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline
2: a crusade for a principle or belief
Examples of jihad in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNot only did the attacks fail to damage the United States and its allies in any fundamental way, the targets of their jihad seemed as strong as ever.— Kevin O’kelly, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2022 For those of us who, eight years before 9/11, started battling against the jihad in our earnest but inadequate way, there is no avoiding a profound sense of failure.— Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 11 Sep. 2021 But if the United States were seeking a safe haven from which to run weapons and men run by a group ideologically-disposed to support a jihad to liberate their co-religionists, Afghanistan has equally-obvious appeal.— Noah Millman, The Week, 17 Aug. 2021
Some, however, said teachers often discussed jihad openly and encouraged students to join Afghanistan’s insurgency.— New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021 Filling the void were Islamic schools known as madrassas that shaped the minds of future young Taliban fighters, their learning and their childhoods inevitably cut short by the lure of jihad, or holy war.— Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021 But Osadzinski’s attorneys painted him as desperately naive, peppering his online chats with emojis, using stencils and fabric to make his own ISIS flag, even printing out jihad posters at the campus library.— Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021 However, the Taliban have focused on seizing control of Afghanistan, while ISIS adheres to global jihad.— Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2021 However, the Taliban have focused on seizing control of Afghanistan, while IS adheres to global jihad.— Fox News, 12 Nov. 2021
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