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English

Alternative spellings
jehad

Etymology
Arabic ARchar|ج�اد (jih�d), �struggle� or �effort�.

Pronunciation

jĭ-häd, /d�ɪh��d/, /<tt>dZIhA:d</tt>/
j�-häd', /d���h��d/, /<tt>dZ@"hA:d</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

1. Theology a personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and against evil
2. Islam A holy war undertaken by Muslims for the purpose of ending oppression.

#: After the Prophet and his authorized Companions, no individual or group or state has the right to wage war against any non-Muslim country for the propagation of Islam. Now Jihad, or Qital to be precise, can be done by an Islamic state only for the purpose of ending oppression. -4:75 Qur�an

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ج�اد (jih�d) m
Basque: jihad
Bosnian: �ihad#Bosnian|�ihad m, džihad#Bosnian|džihad m
Catalan: jihad m
Chinese: �� (shèng zhàn)
Danish: jihad c
Dutch: jihad m
Esperanto: �ihado
Finnish: jihad
French: jihad m
German: Dschihad m
Hebrew: �׳���� (jihad) m
Hindi: �िहाद (jih�d) m
Hungarian: dzsihád
Indonesian: jihad
Interlingua: jihad
Italian: jihad m
Japanese: ���� (jih�do)
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Kurdish: cîhad f
Latvian: džih�ds g|Latvian
Macedonian: �и�ад#Macedonian|�и�ад m
Norwegian: jihad m
Persian: FAchar|ج�اد (jihâd)
Polish: dżihad m
Portuguese: jihad m
Romanian: jihad n
Russian: джи�ад (džixád) m
Serbian:

Slovene: džihad m
Spanish: yihad m
Swedish: jihad c
Turkish: cihad
Urdu: URchar|ج�اد (jih�d) m

See also
Crusade
holy war
infidel
Kampf

Category:Islam

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• 2007-11-01 10:04 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Catalan]], trans link [[Macedonian]], trans unlink Kurdish

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