jihad
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In the 1980s, Pakistan welcomed the Palestinian theorist of jihad Abdullah Azzam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
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
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
"This has to be the most peculiar jihad ever."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Of these, almost 6,000 were from Europe, compared with around 700 between 1990 and 2010 for jihads like Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, and Iraq combined.
From Slate ● May 24, 2019
Play wrights Sanctuary directed Dr Larry Myers of St John s University goes directly to breaking news troubespots nd engages in dramatic arts jihads!
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
Federal agents complain that the Justice Department is unwilling to spend the money needed to endure a drawn-out war with Scientology or to fend off the cult's notorious jihads against individual agents.
From Time Magazine Archive
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