The term jihad is derived from the Arabic root jahada, meaning "to exert strength and effort, to use all means in order to accomplish a task".In its expanded sense, it can be fighting the enemies of Islam, as well as adhering to religious teachings, enjoining good and forbidding evil. [22] The peaceful sense of "efforts towards the moral uplift of society or towards the spread of Islam" can be ... More @Wikipedia
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