Jihad and Struggle

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Jihad noun - A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.

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Struggle and jihad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Struggle" instead a noun "Jihad".

Struggle noun - A forceful effort to reach a goal or objective.

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Jihad and struggle are semantically related. You can use "Jihad" instead a noun "Struggle".

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More often than not, they refer to themselves as "jihadists", which is taken from the translation of the word "jihad" as "struggle".

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The word jihad, a variation on Jahada (to struggle), can be applied to anything from inner turmoil to international warfare.

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Also, while Arabic word jihad itself does mean "struggle", the word jihad as used in Qur'an refers explicitly to armed struggle (warfare), as clealry shown by Qur'an exempting the sick, weak, children and the elderly from the jihad.

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