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Jihadi or jihadi international is a political neologism referring to an individual who participates in advancing Jihad.

According to scholar Martin Kramer the term jihadism first became common in the "the Indian and Pakistani media" and spread to the west after the 9/11 attacks. "At present, jihadism is used to refer to the most violent persons and movements in contemporary Islam, including al-Qaeda." It may also be related to the term "jihadist-Salafism." put into "academic circulation" by "French academics". ^[1]

The correct Arabic term for one who engages in Jihad is not jihadi but "Mujahid" (plural is Mujahideen). In Arabic, the word-final -i refers to the place of origin of a person. A "Saudi" or "Pakistani", for example, being from Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.

See also

• Takfiri
• Salafism jihadism
• Abu Hamza al-Masri
• Abdullah el-Faisal
• Abu Qatada
• Osama bin Laden
• September 11, 2001 attacks
• 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

Sources

Reading List

• Husain, Ed (2007). The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0141030432.  
• Spencer, Robert (2003). Onward Muslim Soldiers. Regnery Publishing, USA. ISBN 0-89526-100-6.  
• Spencer, Robert (2005). The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades). Regnery Publishing, USA. ISBN 0-89526-013-1.  
• Spencer, Robert (2006). The Truth About Muhammad. Regnery Publishing, USA. ISBN 978-1596980280.  
• Malik, S. K. (1986). The Quranic Concept of War. Himalayan Books. ISBN 8170020204.  
• Swarup, Ram (1982). Understanding Islam through Hadis. Voice of Dharma. ISBN 0-682-49948-X.  
• Trifkovic, Serge (2006). Defeating Jihad. Regina Orthodox Press, USA. ISBN 192865326X.  
• Phillips, Melanie (2006). Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within. Encounter books. ISBN 1-59403-144-4.  

External links

• Jihad Watch
• BBC News - Jihadi diary: Inside the mind 14/06/07 - the story of Zeeshan Siddiqui
• BBC News - Inside the jihadi worldview 24/05/07
• BBC News - Trio fuelled al-Qaeda propaganda 04/07/07
• Channel 4 Dispatches - War on Terror - Jihad TV transmitted 06/11/06 at 11pm

From Wikiquote

Jihadi can be

• an anglicized form of mujahid; it may be used as a noun or adjective. Another form of it is jihadist.
  • Example: Hassan is an un-wavering jihadi.
• the adjective for jihad.
  • Example: Jihadi groups are nothing new.

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