mujahid
Sign in to saveMujahideen or mujahidin (), is the plural form of mujahid (), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad (), interpreted in a jurisprudence of Islam as the fight on behalf of God, religion or the community (ummah).
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A mujahid is a person who engages in jihad, an Arabic term from Islamic jurisprudence referring to fighting on behalf of God, religion, or the Muslim community. The word is commonly seen in its plural form, "mujahideen," and has been used historically to describe various fighters motivated by religious conviction.
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- Early history
- Modern Western definition
- Cold War era
- Afghanistan
- Cyprus
- Iran and Iraq
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Philippines
- 1990s
- Yugoslav Wars
- North Caucasus
- Contemporary Jihadism
- South Asia
- Iraq and Syria
- Iraqi insurgency
- Syrian civil war
- Israel
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Chinese ban
- See also
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Mujahideen or mujahidin (), is the plural form of mujahid (), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad (), interpreted in a jurisprudence of Islam as the fight on behalf of God, religion or the community (ummah).
The widespread use of the word in English began with reference to the guerrilla-type militant groups led by the Islamist Afghan fighters in the Soviet–Afghan War (see Afghan mujahideen). The term now extends to other jihadist groups in various countries.