Jihadi

Jihadi

Jihadi is a political neologism referring to an individual who participates in advancing Jihad.Fact|date=March 2008

The term is occasionally used to refer to anyone who engages in a zealous and persistent pursuit.Dubious|date=March 2008

The correct Arabic term for one who engages in Jihad is "Mujahid" (plural is Mujahideen).The formation of "Jihadi" from "Jihad" may be based on the example of the word-final -iwhich refers to place of origin such as "Saudi", "Pakistani", "Afghani," "Israeli," or "Misri" (from Egypt or Misr).Dubious|date=March 2008

Reading List

*cite book | author=Husain, Ed | title=The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left | publisher=Penguin Books Ltd | Year=2007 | id=ISBN 978-0141030432
*cite book | author=Melanie, Phillips | title=Londonistan: How Britain Is Creating a Terror State Within (Updated Edition) | publisher=Gibson Square | Year=2007 | id=ISBN 978-1903933909

ee also

* Takfiri
* Abu Hamza al-Masri
* Abdullah el-Faisal
* Abu Qatada
* Osama bin Laden
* Ayman al-Zawahiri
* Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif
* Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman
* Khalid Islambouli
* Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
* Adam Yahiye Gadahn
* Dhiren Barot
* 7/7 bombings
* 21 July 2005 London bombings
* 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
* 31 January 2007 Birmingham raid
* Younes Tsouli
* Wood Green ricin plot
* Operation Crevice
* 2004 Madrid train bombings
* Al-Muhajiroun

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6750911.stm BBC News - Jihadi diary: Inside the mind] 14/06/07 - the story of Zeeshan Siddiqui
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6687851.stm BBC News - Inside the jihadi worldview] 24/05/07
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6264150.stm BBC News - Trio fuelled al-Qaeda propaganda] 04/07/07
* [http://www.channel4.com/news/dispatches/war_on_terror/jihad_tv Channel 4 Dispatches - War on Terror - Jihad TV] transmitted 06/11/06 at 11pm


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