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Jihad is an Arabic word for "struggle" and a theological and legal concept in Islam.
Places
- Jehad, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Hayy Al-Jihad, a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq
- Al-Jihad (Bagdad), a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district in West Bagdad
- Jihad Museum, museum located in Herat, Afghanistan
Publications
- Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam, a book by Gilles Kepel
- Jihad (comics) or Onslaught, a fictional mercenary team
- Jehad, a 1984 novel by Simon Hawke
Film and television
- "The Jihad", an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Jihad (film), a 1986 documentary about the Soviet war in Afghanistan
- Dhijad (TV series), a 2006 mini-series by Felix Olivier
Music
- Jihad (EP), an EP by Otep
- "Jihad" (song), a song by Slayer
- "Jihad", a song by Mac Lethal
- Jihad, a project by Richard Mendez (of Benestrophe) with James Mendez
- "Jihad", the opening theme for Baldr Sky Dive 2, performed by Kotoko
- Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers, solo project of Devo bassist Gerald Casale
- Andrew Jackson Jihad, American folk punk band
- Jihad / Freezing Moon, split album with music by the black metal bands The Meads of Asphodel and Mayhem
- Jihad! The Musical, a musical comedy and jihad satire
People
- Known name
- Abu Jihad, teknonym of Khalil al-Wazir, (1935–1988), Palestinian leader and founder of Fatah and top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat
- Given name / first name
- Jihad Azour, Lebanese (Christian) Minister of Finance
- Jihad Ballout, Communications Director of Al Arabiya
- Jihad Harik (born 1960), Lebanese American television actor
- Jihad Helwi (born 1985), Lebanese football player
- Jihad Ahmed Jibril (1961-2002), assassinated son of Ahmed Jibril, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
- Jihad Khodr (born 1983), Brazilian professional surfer
- Jihad Makdissi, Foreign ministry spokesman of the Syrian government from 1998 to 2012
- Jihad Al-Atrash (born 1943), Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Middle name
- Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, Syrian speaker of parliament
See also
- Islam and war
- Islamic military jurisprudence
- Offensive jihad
- Defensive jihad
- Jihadism, an ideology in contemporary militant Islamis
- Ijtihad, the "struggle" of coming to a just verdict in jurisdiction
- Jyhad
- Mujahid
- Butlerian Jihad, a turning point in Frank Herbert's Dune universe
- The Legacy of Jihad, a book by Andrew Bostom tracing the history of the concept
- Cihan, a Turkish given name
- Cihat, a Turkish given name
- Jihan (disambiguation)
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