jihadism

/ dʒɪˈhædˌɪzəm /

noun

1. Islam an Islamic fundamentalist movement that favours the pursuit of jihads in defence of the Islamic faith

Other Word Forms

• jihadist adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of jihadism¹

C21: Arabic

Example Sentences

"It should now be clear to everyone throughout the region that decades of fomenting terrorism and extremism, jihadism and antisemitism have not worked. They haven't worked. They've been a disaster."

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Mr Banayee says he eventually managed to pull himself away from the extreme jihadism of the Taliban and has written a book, Delusions of Paradise: Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter, which he hopes will prevent others becoming radicalised.

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Later we’ll get a glimpse of a lecture titled “The future of jihadism is female.”

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One scene takes place outside a lecture called “The Future of Jihadism Is Female,” a title chosen presumably as just the sort of thing to give Fox News days of much-needed distraction.

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This is the ideological foundation of contemporary jihadism.

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