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n. - A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal; A holy war waged by Muslims against infidels.

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  • I have heard them calling a jehad in the Sudan.
  • Efforts are being made to promote militancy among local Muslim youth in the name of 'jehad' particularly in southern and upper Assam.
  • "abdullhasif's" occupation is "jehad" and he works for "Al Qaeeda". al Qaeda as-Sahab productions, he also likes to post videos of
  • A jehad of reliving pain from one generation to the next till kingdom come or Akhrat ..
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