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Pakistan
Pakistan
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| 796,100sq km (307,374sq mi)
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Al-Jihad
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Al-Jihad Al-Jihad (also known as Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Jihad Group, and Islamic Jihad) is an Egyptian Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s. Al-Jihad merged with Osama Bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization in June, 2001...
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Islamic Jihad
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ISLAMIC JIHAD Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist resistance movement. Islamic Jihad emerged from the Islamic revivalist tradition of...by Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj in Egypt (the Jihad Organization) and the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
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Jihad
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
JIHAD A term that derives from the Arabic word...strive." The Arabic nouns juhd, mujahid, jihad, and ijtihad mean endeavor, training...diligence, and fighting. "Traditionally jihad was understood to be justified for three...
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Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) (Movement of Islamic Holy War)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B...Holy War) The mission of Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJIB) (Movement...Pakistani militant groups Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) and Harakat ul...
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Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) (Movement of Islamic Holy War)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) (Movement of Islamic Holy War) Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) — Movement of...founded in 1980 in Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad against the Soviets. It is also affiliated with...
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jihad
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
jihad ( jehad ) Religious obligation imposed upon Muslims through the Koran to spread Islam and protect its followers by waging war on non-believers. There are four ways in which Muslims may fulfil their jihad duty: by the heart, by the tongue, by the hand, and by the sword.
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Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) The Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) originated among militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s. The PIJ-Shiqaqi faction, currently led by Ramadan Shallah in Damascus, is most active. Committed...
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Hamas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...leaders argued that the time for vigorous jihad (holy war) had arrived. The move was...another militant religious group, Islamic Jihad, were already resisting the Israeli occupation...deported 418 members from HAMAS and Islamic Jihad to Lebanon, including HAMAS leader Abd...
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Bin Laden, Osama
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...he first acquired a formal education in jihad. Classes were on the principles of the...activism, political consciousness, and jihad. Bin Laden graduated from Jedda ’...throughout the Muslim world a mythic call for jihad — embraced by the Saudi royal...
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Uthman don Fodio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...known as the hijra, and proclaimed the jihad, or holy war, against the Sultan and...and he left the practical affairs of the jihad to his brother Abdullahi and his son Muhammadu...course, compromised by the realities of the jihad and the increasing Fulani orientation that...
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jihad
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
jihad a holy war undertaken by Muslims against unbelievers. The name comes from Arabic jihād , literally ‘effort’, expressing, in Muslim thought, struggle on behalf of God and Islam.
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Bin Laden, Osama
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...x2018;holy’ struggle (jihad) against the Soviet occupying forces...allies, the USA, in the belief that a jihad should be declared against the Judaeo...willingness of his followers to die in the jihad, made him such a potent foe of the US...
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Seku Ahmadu Lobbo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...student of UTHMAN DAN FODIO , Ahmadu participated in Uthman's jihad (or holy war) before settling in the province of Macina...established a new capital at Hamdullahi and in 1818 proclaimed a jihad , capturing Macina, and extending his authority around it...
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Uthman dan Fodio
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...teaching in about 1775 among the Hausa and established the Emirates of Northern Nigeria (1804–08) after waging a jihad (holy war). He conceived the latter as a primary duty, not only against infidels, but against any departure, public or...
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Afghanistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...country and installed a government under Babrak Karmal. Guerrilla Mujahidin forces, equipped with US arms, then waged a fierce jihad against government troops and Soviet forces. Some six million refugees fled to Iran and Pakistan. The Soviet Union disengaged...
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jehad
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
je·had • n. variant spelling of jihad .
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Sadat, (Muhammad) Anwar al-
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...talks with Prime Minister Begin at Camp David in 1978, the year they shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Also in that year he founded the National Democratic Party, with himself as leader. He was assassinated by members of the Islamic Jihad.
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Shamil
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Imam of a branch of the Sufi Naqshbandi order known as Muridism which recommended strict adherence to Islamic law and preached jihad (holy war) against Russia. After the Crimean War Russia employed some 200,000 troops in the Caucasus to encircle and subdue...
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Umar ibn Said Tal
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...where he was designated caliph for Black Africa. He established himself in the Senegal River area and in 1854 proclaimed a jihad (holy war) against all pagans. He created a vast Tukolor empire, but failed to win many converts. He became a harsh ruler...
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Arab conquests
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...the century after the death of MUHAMMAD in 632, created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus valley. Beginning as a jihad (holy war) against the apostasy of the Arabian tribes that had renounced ISLAM they acquired a momentum of their own as the...
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crusade
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
crusade • noun 1. the medieval crusades synonyms : holy war; jihad. 2. a crusade against crime synonyms : campaign, drive, push, movement, effort, struggle; battle, war, offensive...
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war
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...bloodshed, struggle; battle, skirmish, fight, clash, engagement, encounter; offensive, attack, campaign; hostilities; jihad, crusade. antonym: peace. 2. the war against drugs synonyms : campaign, crusade, battle, fight, struggle...
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JIHADS TODAY ARE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 9/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; Q: What do Hamas, Hezbollah and jihad mean? -- Jack Hawkins, Blacksburg A...their roles in Middle East violence. "Jihad" is similarly complicated. It is often...Right." But no one can deny that the word jihad is, today, closely linked with the violent...
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Jihad: To strive for self betterment or wage war against nonbelievers
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/9/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...0000 Dateline: CAIRO, Egypt For some, jihad is simply the struggle to be a better Muslim...United States. The Encyclopedia of Afghan Jihad, an 11-volume training and ideological...bin Laden's followers, declares: Our jihad is, in its essence, for God's cause...
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Jihad - a misunderstood concept
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Salleh New Straits Times 04-12-2003 Jihad - a misunderstood concept Byline: Shaikh...scare people when it comes to Islam is jihad. It is a word often given a negative connotation...word more misunderstood and misused than jihad, which is unfortunate. Since the Sept...
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Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam: A Reader.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of World History; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...tragedy. Rudolph Peters reminds us that jihad is neither war nor terrorism, though warriors...or holy about their causes can use the jihad rhetoric pretty much the same way as the...American media irresponsibly uses the term "jihad" as "holy war." Peters clarifies the...
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Jihad through history
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...false Muslims; and to give jihad new prominence by judging the...according to his willingness to wage jihad. Nineteenth-century "purification jihads" took place in several regions...of these was the Wahhabis' jihad in Arabia. Drawing on Ibn Taymiya...
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Jihad then and now.(The Legacy of Jihad)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Policy Review; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ANDREW BOSTOM, ED. The Legacy of Jihad. PROMETHEUS BOOKS. 759 PAGES. $29.00 FOR ANYONE WISHING to understand jihad--that "peculiar institution" of...an immense service with The Legacy of Jihad. Beginning with a splendid 80-page...
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Islamic Jihad finding no shortage of young troops ready to die.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...most deadly and unyielding enemy, Islamic Jihad. Aspiring terrorists eager to strap themselves...prominent West Bank leader with Islamic Jihad who is hiding from the Israeli military...Middle East peace efforts, because Islamic Jihad will not agree to a cease-fire, as even...
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Defining 'Jihad' More Complex Than Checking Webster's
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; The meaning of the word "jihad" has been debated by scholars for centuries...abroad as being part of an 11-member "Virginia jihad network" and said they had been readying for "violent jihad.'' Defense attorneys said the government had...
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What is jihad?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Headline: What is jihad? Byline: DANIEL PIPES Edition; Daily...1, 2003 -- What does the Arabic word jihad mean? One answer came last week, when...appeal to Muslims worldwide to join his jihad to defeat the wicked Americans should they...
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Islamic Jihad, riddled with losses, vows to fight on
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 11-08-2005 Headline: Islamic Jihad, riddled with losses, vows to fight on...one of the few remaining senior Islamic Jihad leaders in Tulkarm, prophesies a long...months the army has killed more than a dozen Jihad men and arrested scores, according to...
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