jihad

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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

“I have been on a jihad to streamline the review process and get things out the door faster,” Dr. Pazdur said in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

This shift reflects HTS's "moderate jihad" strategy since 2017, emphasising pragmatism over rigid ideology.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

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

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