jehad
Americannoun
noun
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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 Nevill Forbes
The city was simply swarming with budmashes, and it was said that the priests had begun to preach a jehad against the British raj.
From The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
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 Mack Reynolds
Himself a firebrand of the most dangerous nature, he had preached an anti-British jehad with all the force of his ecclesiastical rhetoric.
From On the Heels of De Wet by Lionel James
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 Theodore Bent
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