mujahideen
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌmuːdʒəˈhiːdɪn/
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muyahidín
- The mujahideen are pinned down.
- mujahideen fighters
- mujahideen commander
- Afghan Mujahideen
There's this, there's this misconception that bin Laden was one of the Afghan Mujahideen that we had funded during the war against the Soviets.
- There's this, there's this misconception that bin Laden was one of the Afghan Mujahideen that we had funded during the war against the Soviets.
- So he fought the with mujahideen's Russian war.
- Well, they were they, they, they were working with, I mean, they were Afghan Mujahideen.
- He's giving me a letter that says, OK, Miles, you are honorary Mujahideen.
- What would you say to people who claim that what we're doing right now with the Ukraine is the same thing that we did with the Mujahideen to fight the Russia, to fight the UN?
- So back in the day, he fought like everyone with Al Qaeda in the Mujahideen era, and then he became a clandestine officer in al Qaeda.
Examples
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Al-Qaeda also supported the Mujahideen, which made the U.S. a brief ally.
Fiction book (2002) -
The story of U.S. aid to the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s is well known.
Academic text (2011) -
We sent some weapons, but the Mujahideen did most of it on their own.
Blog text (4) -
When his tour was over, he stayed behind, and joined the Mujahideen.
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The CIA is arming the mujahideen.
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After the Soviets had withdrawn from Afghanistan, the mujahideen interpreted it as a great victory from Allah.
Blog text (3) -
In the mid-'80s... ...if you remember, we and the United States... ...were supporting the mujahideen... ...to liberate Afghanistan from the Soviets.
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The CIA spent $5 billion arming Afghan mujahideen, then lost interest when the Soviets left in 1989.
Academic text (2000) -
There's this, there's this misconception that bin Laden was one of the Afghan Mujahideen that we had funded during the war against the Soviets.
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Many young men joined the mujahideen to fight for their beliefs during the conflict.
Synonyms
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7.7
A fighter in a small armed group who attacks a larger army using surprise attacks
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6.7
Actively taking part in armed fighting or war
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9.4
A Muslim person who uses or supports violence for a religious cause
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8.9
Relating to people who take part in or support violent religious fighting
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9.9
Armed Arab fighters who use surprise attacks, often against Israel
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9.9
A group of Muslim fighters who use surprise attacks for religious or political reasons
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9.9
A group of Muslim fighters who fight in a religious war
Armed Muslim fighters who fight an army or government for religious reasons
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mujahideen comes from the Arabic mujāhid, meaning 'one who struggles', and is related to jihad, meaning 'struggle' or 'effort' and often used to mean 'holy war'. The Arabic -een ending makes it plural, so mujahideen means 'those who struggle', which is why today the word usually refers to Muslim fighters taking part in a jihad.