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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani said on Tuesday that the organisation had debated Vande Mataram extensively in 2011 and noted that forceful implementation is not the idea of India ...