'Jihad' definitions:
Definition of 'jihad'
From: WordNet
noun
A holy war waged by Muslims against infidels [syn: jihad, jehad, international jihad]
noun
A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal [syn: jihad, jehad]
Definition of 'Jihad'
From: GCIDE
- Jihad \Ji*had"\, Jehad \Je*had"\, 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Jihad'
- international jihad,
- islamic jihad,
- laskar jihad,
- al-jihad,
- egyptian islamic jihad,
- palestine islamic jihad,
- palestinian islamic jihad,
- islamic jihad for the liberation of palestine,
- harakat ul-jihad-i-islami,
- harkat-ul-jihad-e-islami,
- international islamic front for jihad against jews and crusaders,
- harakat al-jihad al-islami al-filastini