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In April 2017, the government of China prohibited parents from choosing the name Mujahid as the given name for a child. The list included more than two dozen names (including Muhammad) and was targeted at the 10 million Uyghurs in the western region of Xinjiang as part of the persecution of Uyghurs in China.
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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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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An August 2018 study by Harvard University estimated that in the same period, 24,000 Rohingyas had been killed, 18,000 Rohingya women and girls had been raped, 116,000 Rohingyas had been beaten, and 36,000 Rohingyas had been victims of arson.
Category: History & Society. Arabic: mujāhidūn (“those engaged in jihad”) Singular: mujāhid. mujahideen, in its broadest sense, Muslims who fight on behalf of the faith or the Muslim community ( ummah ). Its Arabic singular, mujāhid, was not an uncommon personal name from the early Islamic period onward.
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Sep 24, 2018 · Mujahideen Mobilization: Examining the Evolution of the Global Jihadist Movement’s Communicative Action Repertoire. Maxime Bérubé. & Benoit Dupont. Pages 5-24 | Received 05 Aug 2018, Published online: 24 Sep 2018. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1513689. Full Article. Figures & data. Citations. Metrics.
Sep 28, 2021 · 28 Sep 2021. In the late 1980s, a new approach to Afghan cinema emerged as the Mujahideen grew in opposition to Soviet forces.
