jehad
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Cabul Sirdars sided with the disaffected soldiery, and urged the Ameer to raise his banner for a jehad or religious war, a measure for which he had no nerve.
From The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Forbes, Archibald
We have laughed at the Holy War, the jehad that old Von der Goltz prophesied.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
In matters, however, regarding war and the preparations required for a jehad, it is entirely different.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
This jehad, as it was called, proposed to unite all "True Believers" against the invading Christians, and give the war a strongly religious aspect.
From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit
The original idea of the caliphate, like that of the jehad or holy war of the faithful, presupposed that all Moslems were under governments of their own creed, and, perhaps, under one government.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill
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