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Jihad

Jihad (/dʒɪˈhɑːd/; Arabic: جِهَاد, romanized: jihād ) is an Arabic word that means 'exerting', 'striving', or 'struggling', particularly with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it encompasses almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God's guidance, such as an internal struggle against evil in oneself, efforts to build a…

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Greater and lesser jihad

Defensive and offensive lesser jihad

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Islamic jurisprudence

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Jihad

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Triples464
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Further reading · 97
Jihad → Abdullah, Albin Michel, Alfred Morabia, Amoretti, Andrew, Ashraf Raja, August, Azzam, Biancamaria Scarcia, Center, Christian, Colonial Encounter, Comparative Civilizations Review, Conflict Studies, Dajani-Shakeel, December, DeLong-Bas, Ehrenkreutz, Eurasian Studies, Exchanges
related to Post-classical usage · 41
Jihad → Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasids, Abd, According, Al San'ani, Al-Jassas, Amir, Baghdad, Citing Ibn Taymiyya, Community, Earlier, God's, Historian Hamilton Gibb, Ibn, Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Taymiyyah, In, Islamic, Just, Later Islamic
related to Colonialism and modernism · 32
Jihad → According, Algeria, Alternatively, British, British Raj, Egypt, Emir Abdelkader, Emir Abdelkader's, French, However, India, Instead, Islamic, Italian, Khan, Libya, Mahdi, Mahdist, Muhammad Abduh, Muslim
related to Classical · 30
Jihad → According, Al-Baqara, Anas, Awza, Bernard Lewis, God, Hanafi, He, His, Imam, Islam, Islam/dar, Islam/house, Islamic, It, Khadduri, Malik, Muhammad's, Muhammed's, Muslim
related to Ottoman Jihad in World War One · 27
Jihad → Allied, Between, British, Great Jihad, He, Iranian, Iraqi, Iraqis, Islamic Awakening, Karbala, League, Mehdi Al-Khalissi, Muslim, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal, Najaf, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turkey, Post-war
related to Post-colonialism · 23
Jihad → Banna, British Empire, Egyptians, First Intifada, God, Hamas, Hassan, However, India, Islamic, Islamism, Islamist, Israel, Modern Muslim, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, One, Palestinian, Prophet
related to Terrorism · 23
Jihad → Afghanistan, After, Allah, America, American, British, Commander, Faithful, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Emirate, Justifying, Laden, Many Muslims, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Muslims, October, Qaradawi, Saudi Arabian Osama, Sayyid Tantawi
related to Defensive and offensive lesser jihad · 20
Jihad → According, Al-Sarakhsī, Almighty, Classical, God, Hanafī Ibn Najīm, Hanafīs, Hereafter, Muslim, Muslims, Offensive, Scholarly, Scholars, Shaybānī, The, The Hanafī, These, They, Thus, Two
related to Islamic jurisprudence · 20
Jihad → Absent, According, Allah, Caliph Ali, God, Hadith, Hell, Islamic, Islamists, Kharijia's, Martyrdom, Muslim, Muslims, Observers, Quran, Sadarat Kadri, Salafi, The, This, Western
related to Other struggles · 18
Jihad → According, Allah, Ayoud, Fazlur Rahman Malik, God, However, In, Islam, Mahmoud, Muslim, Otherwise, Pakistani, President Habib Bourguiba, Qur'an, Shia Muslim, The, These, Tunisia

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islamic islam muslims muslim war struggle muhammad ibn one used hadith according classical military warfare scholars religious shia god unbelievers

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Jihadis aword of Justice in front of the oppressive sultan0.90text
Jihadis aone in which your horse is slain and your blood is spilled0.90text
Jihadis alegitimate reaction to military aggression by unbelievers and not merely due to religious differences0.90text
Jihadis amatter of controversy0.90text
Jihadis aprocess encompassing both individual and social reform0.90text
Jihadis astruggle of every Muslim against social0.90text
Jihadis astruggle to build a good society0.90text
Jihadis aArabic word meaning 'holy war0.90text
Jihadis apropagandistic device which0.90text
horsesinstance ofon killing animals0.80text
and on unnecessary destruction of enemy property.In the twentieth centuryinstance ofon killing animals0.80text
the notion of jihad lost its jurisprudential relevanceinstance ofon killing animals0.80text

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