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noun a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
noun a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
originEtymology tree Arabic جِهَاد (jihād)bor. English jihad Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).
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