mujahed
Islamic resistance fighter
A mujahed is a person engaged in jihad—someone fighting in defense of Islam or Muslim lands.
The term gained prominence during the Soviet-Afghan War, when mujahedeen (the Arabic plural) fought Soviet forces with Western backing.
The word carries heroic connotations in Muslim contexts but acquired sinister overtones in Western usage after some fighters turned to terrorism.
Also spelled mujahid; plural mujahedeen or mujahideen.
One who engages in combat
- combatantOne who fights
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- insurgentOne who revolts
soldier · Taliban · Afghan · militia · armed · battlefield · combat · AK-47
Central Asian landlocked nation
- SovietOf the USSR
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
Peshawar · Pakistan · refugee · invasion · occupation · liberation · independence · foreign
fighter
One who engages in combat
- combatantOne who fights
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
insurgent · soldier · Taliban · Afghan · militia · armed · battlefield · combat · AK-47 · mountain
Afghanistan
Central Asian landlocked nation
CIA · Peshawar · Pakistan · refugee · invasion · occupation · liberation · independence · foreign · superpower
Islam
Quranic monotheistic religion
believer · piety · sacrifice · duty · righteousness · struggle · submission · Allah · prayer · pilgrimage
mujahedpacifist
Anti-violence believer
conscientious objector · peace activist · peacemaker · dove · appeaser
mujahedcrusader
Zealous advocate for change
infidel · kafir · apostate · secularist · heathen
mujahedcivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · state trooper · neutral party · government forces · peacekeeper