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Mujahideen, or Mujahidin (Arabic: مُجَاهِدِين, romanized: mujāhidīn), is the plural form of mujahid (Arabic: مُجَاهِد, romanized: mujāhid, lit. 'strugglers or strivers, doers of jihād'), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad (lit.
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The Afghan mujahideen (Dari: مجاهدین افغان)(Pashto: افغان...
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Canada. United States. Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled...
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Bosnian mujahideen (Bosnian: Bosanski mudžahedini), also...
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Mujahideen (Arabic: مجاهدين mujāhidīn) is the plural of...
- Afghan mujahideen - Wikipedia
The Afghan mujahideen (Dari: مجاهدین افغان)(Pashto: افغان مجاهدين) were Islamist resistance militias that fought the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War.
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Arabic: mujāhidūn. Key People: Osama bin Laden. Mohammad Omar. Ahmad Shah Masoud. mujahideen, members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1978–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government.
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Canada. United States. Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahidin ( Arabic: حزب المجاھدین, transl. 'Party of Holy Fighters' ), [15] is a Pakistan -affiliated Islamist militant organisation that has been engaged in the Kashmir insurgency since 1989.
Mujahideen (Arabic: مجاهدين mujāhidīn) is the plural of mujahid (Arabic: مجاهد). Mujahid is the Arabic term for one engaged in jihad (literally, "struggle"). This term was first used to describe guerrilla -type militant groups led by the Islamist Afghan fighters in the Soviet–Afghan War .
Bosnian mujahideen (Bosnian: Bosanski mudžahedini), also called El Mudžahid (Arabic: مجاهد, mujāhid), were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosnian Muslim side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War.
Mujahideen, in its broadest sense, Muslims who fight on behalf of the faith or the community (ummah). The term became specialized after the emergence of Islamic revivalism in 18th-century India and was later adopted as a label for a coalition of guerrilla groups during the Afghan War (1978–92).