jihadism
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Etymology [edit]
jihad + -ism Coined in the late 1970s, paralleling Arabic جهاد (jihād). Derived from the earlier (1960s) adjective jihadist.
Noun [edit]
jihadism (uncountable)
- The ideological movement within modern Islamic fundamentalism which advocates armed jihad. Islamist guerilla warfare or Islamist terrorism.
- 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980[1]:
- The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism
- 2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, The Guardian:
- Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.
- 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980[1]:
