Jehad

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of jihad. alt-of, alternative

    "[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."

  2. 2
    a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal wordnet

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crusadejihadjihad

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"[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."

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