jihad | (n) a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels, Syn. international jihad, jehad |
jihad | (n) a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal, Syn. jehad |
jehad | n. Same as jihad. |
Jihad | [ Their ] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Muslim dervishes of the Sudan, or of Muslims anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Jehad |