jihad

Example Sentences

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In a message congratulating Mojtaba on his appointment Sunday, Hassan Khomeini—the grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founding ayatollah—offered “condolences on the martyrdom of your beloved father, who was a model of jihad and martyrdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

It’s not just the idea of global jihad that became unfashionable over the past decade in the greater Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

The danger is that Paul might be swayed to believe it, too, even as the hallucinogenic spice peppers him with visions of a jihad waged in his name.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

He said police would act "decisively and quickly" and "intervene immediately" if there were chants of "jihad", though he also said context was important.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

Mammy said that before he left with Noor to join the jihad against the Soviets, back in 1980, it was Ahmad who had dutifully and competendy minded these things.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini