JIHAD - Definition

Pronunciation:		ji'hâd
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a holy struggle by Muslims

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	Synonyms:	jehad

	See Also:	war, warfare

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Jihad This history of the rise of fundamentalist Islam in the late 20th century focuses on its politics and ideology. The author, a French academic, evaluates the Islamist movement`s success in attracting and keeping followers, and its somewhat less successful record in acquiring and keeping political power--resulting in a split into moderate and extremist factions. more details ...

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Jihad"\, Jehad \Jehad"\, 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.