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jihad

Holy war undertaken by Muslims against nonbelievers. In the Mecca Declaration (1981), the Islamic powers pledged a jihad against Israel, though not necessarily military attack.

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1679 1914 Abd ar-Rahman III Afghan Afghanistan War al-Qaeda bin Laden, Osama Egypt Fatah, al- Fulani Gaza Strip Indonesia Israel Israel - Palestine peace process Maiduguri McCarthy, John Mecca Declaration mission Morocco			The lesser jihad is the duty of all Muslims to protect one's religion and people, and if needs be take up arms to do so. On the street: Shaista Aziz examines what's inciting young Western ... by Aziz, Shaista / New Internationalist The lesser jihad (jihad al-asghar) is the physical (external) struggle, a shared communal obligation for some Muslims (fard kifaya), on behalf of all, to defend the ummah from aggression. Distortion of Islam by Muslim extremists by Knapp, Michael G. / Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin Electoral politics as forms of (greater jihad) - have given way in Algeria to lesser jihad where the state and the outlawed (Islamists engage one another violently. Al-la nidam: an Arab view of the new world (dis)order by Sadiki, Larbi / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)			Leroi, Julien David Leroux, Xavier Leroy-Beaulieu, Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Lerwick Les Cayes Les Six lesbianism Lesbos Leschetizky, Theodor Lescot, Élie Lescot, Pierre Lesgian lesion Leskov, Nikolai Semenovich Leskovac Leslie Leslie, Charles Robert Leslie, David, Lord Newark Lesmian, Boleslaw Lesotho Lespinasse, Jeanne Julie Eleonore de less developed country Lessel, Franz Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie lesser celandine Lesser jihad Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Sunda Islands Lessing, Doris May Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Simon lesson Lesueur, Jean François Lesvos Leszno Let Us Now Praise Famous Men lethargy Lethbridge Lethe Leto Leto, Pomponio Giulio Letsie III letter letter of marque letter string Letterkenny Letterman, David Letterman, Jonathan letterpress letters missive Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil von			Lesser developed countries Lesser developed countries Lesser developed country Lesser developed country Lesser Developing Country Lesser Developing Country Lesser devil ray Lesser Dog Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat lesser duckweed lesser ebb Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Lesser Faydark Lesser Feasts and Fasts lesser flood lesser galangal Lesser General Public License Lesser Goldfinch Lesser Grain Borer lesser group lesser hemlock lesser hemlock lesser hemlock Lesser Himalayas Lesser Horde Lesser included charge Lesser included offense Lesser included offense Lesser included offenses Lesser jihad Lesser Kestrel Lesser Khingan lesser knapweed lesser knapweed lesser knapweed lesser knapweed lesser knapweeds lesser knapweeds lesser knapweeds lesser knapweeds lesser kudu Lesser Limited Principle of Omniscience Lesser Lion lesser liver fluke lesser liver fluke lesser liver fluke lesser liver fluke1 Lesser Long-nosed Bat lesser loosestrife lesser loosestrife lesser loosestrife Lesser Magellanic Cloud Lesser Magellanic Cloud lesser mealworm lesser mealworm lesser mealworm Lesser Mouse Deer Lesser multangular Lesser multangular Lesser multangular bone

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jihad (redirected from Lesser jihad)

jihad

jihad
(redirected from Lesser jihad)