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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muslim and pro-Israel organizations are staging an advertising battle in Chicago over whether the word “jihad” has violent connotations, according to The New York Times. The Chicago chapter of the ...

A day after controversy erupted over President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Maulan Mahmood Madani's remarks over the meaning of "jihad," the Jamiat President, in an exclusive interview with ANI, clarified ...

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 ...

Jihad - we've all heard the word. It's most often used by Arabs, in their calls for "holy wars" upon their enemies. It was the war cry for Saddam Hussein, and is used most often nowadays against the ...

The meaning of the word "jihad" has been debated by scholars for centuries. At two recent trials in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, it became clear that the argument -- an especially loaded topic ...

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): A day after controversy erupted over his remarks on the meaning of "jihad", Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani on Tuesday clarified that he takes ...

With Barack Obama tip-toeing around the meaning of jihad, the Muslim cleric behind the attempts to blow up U. S. bound planes and the underwear bomber, set the record straight on the meaning of jihad ...