Ahmed Rashid’s Taliban (Yale University Press, 2000) was an international best seller, translated into more than 20 languages. In his new book, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Yale) ...

New York City teachers were told that “jihad” means simply “struggle” — not holy war — in training sessions against “anti-Muslim bias” run by the Department of Education. Educators were even given the ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, Hamas issued a statement calling “all Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, and free people worldwide” to “muster all your energies, and mobilize in numbers, both light and heavy, ...

Habiba Kavalec, the founder and editor-in-chief, Muslimah Compass.org, Sugar Land, Texas, wrote an article explaining the true meaning of jihad. Kavalec says that the concept of jihad is one of the ...

During the training video the instructor gave these examples of "jihads," and also mentioned "getting fit." But she never mentioned the other common definition of jihad to mean "holy war." Obtained by ...

With Barack Obama tip-toeing around the meaning of jihad, the Muslim cleric behind the attempts to blow up U. S. bound planes and the underwear bomber, set the record straight on the meaning of jihad ...

The meaning of the word "jihad" has been debated by scholars for centuries. At two recent trials in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, it became clear that the argument -- an especially loaded topic ...

Professor of History Ayesha Jalal spoke in the Coolidge Room yesterday on the historical evolution of the concept of jihad and its implications for modern Islam. Jalal couched her largely historical ...

Muslim and pro-Israel organizations are staging an advertising battle in Chicago over whether the word “jihad” has violent connotations, according to The New York Times. The Chicago chapter of the ...

There is an advertising battle going on over the Arabic term jihad. In Chicago, a group has launched a bus and subway ad campaign meant to reclaim... In Chicago, Dueling Ads Over The Meaning Of 'Jihad ...