jihad
Sacred inner battle
Jihad is an Arabic term meaning struggle or striving, particularly in service of God.
In Islamic tradition, the greater jihad is the internal spiritual struggle against sin and toward moral improvement.
The lesser jihad refers to armed struggle in defense of the faith—the sense that dominates Western usage, where jihad typically means holy war waged by Islamic militants: The group declared jihad against the West.
The adjective is jihadi or jihadist.
Islamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- HamasGazan Islamist governing body
- 9/112001 terrorist attacks
terror · terrorist · extremist · hijacking · attack · bombing · radicalism · fanaticism
Earnest sustained endeavor
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
inner struggle · self-improvement · piety · faith · perseverance · self-control · temptation · soul
Muslim guerrilla combatants
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- combatantOne who fights
- insurgentOne who revolts
- fighterOne who engages in combat
holy war · armed struggle · resistance · guerrilla · militant · battlefield · caliphate · fatwa
Islam's central scripture
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
- shariaMuslim canonical jurisprudence
- imamMuslim religious guide
- scholarLearned, studious person
jurisprudence · interpretation · doctrine · obligation · duty · defensive · offensive · fatwa
Al-Qaeda
Islamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- HamasGazan Islamist governing body
9/11 · terror · terrorist · extremist · hijacking · attack · bombing · radicalism · fanaticism · fundamentalism
striving
Earnest sustained endeavor
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
righteousness · inner struggle · self-improvement · piety · faith · perseverance · self-control · temptation · soul · virtue
mujahideen
Muslim guerrilla combatants
fighter · holy war · armed struggle · resistance · guerrilla · militant · battlefield · caliphate · fatwa · recruitment
Quran
Islam's central scripture
scholar · jurisprudence · interpretation · doctrine · obligation · duty · defensive · offensive · fatwa · justification
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- Arabic loanwordsalgebra, algorithm, alcohol, alchemy, alkali
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- combatbattle, fight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling
- IslamAllah, Quran, Muhammad, Mecca, Ramadan
jihadsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulation · complacency · inaction · passivity · acquiescence