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noun

Jihad, Jehad n. (Islam) A religious war against infidels or Muslim heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief. "(Their) courage in war... had not, like that of the Muslim dervishes of the Sudan, or of Muslims anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it."

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"Jihad" Quotes from Famous Books

... wonder if any living man has heard a greater variety than I? What a lot of them! I have heard them calling a jehad in the Sudan. Tumpi-tum-tump! tumpitum-tump! Makes a white man's hair stand up when he hears it in the night. I don't know what it is, but the sound drives the Oriental mad. And that reminds me—I've had them in mind all day—the ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

Words linked to "Jihad" : Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, nisus, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Jihadist, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, pains, international jihad, Laskar Jihad, al-Jihad, Islamic Jihad, strain, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, warfare, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, war