jehad
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Even W. L. George, potentially a novelist of sound consideration, drops his craft for the jehad of the suffragettes.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
Half the marabouts in North Africa are proclaiming a jehad in support of the Pan-Islam program of the Arab Union.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack
The fact is that all the Mohammedan world was in a state of restless activity, as the jehad, or holy war, was being preached.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
I have heard them calling a jehad in the Sudan.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
"Believe it or not, Ali wants a jehad."
From Sjambak by Vance, Jack
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