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mujahideen

n. (context Islam English) (plural of mujahid English) Muslim holy warriors engaged in a jihad.

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mujahideen

n. a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists" [syn: mujahidin, mujahedin, mujahedeen, mujahadeen, mujahadin, mujahadein]

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Mujahideen

Mujahideen is the plural form of mujahid , the term for one engaged in Jihad. In English usage, it mostly referred to the guerrilla type military outfits led by the Muslim Afghan warriors in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, but now it often refers to other jihadist outfits in various countries.

Usage examples of "mujahideen".

Bin Ladin, whose efforts in Afghanistan had earned him celebrity and respect, proposed to the Saudi monarchy that he summon mujahideen for a jihad to retake Kuwait.

The Malaysian Mujahideen would be wiped out, and no one would know by whom.