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noun
- (Theology) a personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and against evil
- (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims for the purpose of ending oppression.
- After the Prophet and his authorized Companions, no individual or group or state has the right to wage war against any non-Muslim country for the propagation of Islam. Now Jihad, or Qital to be precise, can be done by an Islamic state only for the purpose of ending oppression. -4:75 Qur"an
Translations: - Dutch: jihad
- French: jihad
- German: Dschihad
- Italian: jihad
- Spanish: yihad
Etymology: Arabic (ARchar, Ù) (jihÄd), "struggle" or "effort".
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