What is "mujahed"

n. (alternative spelling of mujahid English)

Mujahed (in Arabic مجاهد) with variants Moujahed, Mujahid, Moujahed, Mugahid, Moudjahid, Mugahed etc. is the singular of Mujahedin / Mujahideen. The root word is from the same Arabic triliteral root as jihad ("struggle").

• Mujahed, Muslim person doing jihad, that is who struggles in the path of Allah. In recent years, Mujahed has been most closely associated by westerners with a radical Islamist engaging in jihadism.