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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jihad" Quotes from Famous Books

... gratefully enjoyed its warm-hearted hospitality. At the beginning of November war broke out between Great Britain and Turkey, and the loyalty of the Sudanese was put to the test. The Germans built upon the probability of a Jihad or Holy War, and never dreamed that the handful of young Englishmen who administered the country under the Sirdar's guidance could have won its loyalty against all comers. When the Sirdar announced in English and Arabic the news of the Porte's entry into the War one shining ...

— With Manchesters in the East • Gerald B. Hurst

... 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 ...

— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

Words linked to "Jihad" : Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, striving, pains, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, warfare, Laskar Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, international jihad, nisus, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, jehad, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders, Jihadist, Palestine Islamic Jihad, strain