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Islamic Jihad may refer to:
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Egyptian Islamic Jihad , formerly called simply Islamic Jihad The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), formerly called simply Islamic Jihad The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), formerly called simply Islamic Jihad (الجهاد الإسلامي and Liberation Army for Holy Sites...
- Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
, group with Palestinian personnel
- Islamic Jihad Organization
The Islamic Jihad Organization was the name used by telephone callers demanding the departure of all Americans from Lebanon and taking responsibility for a number of kidnappings and of bombings in Lebanon which killed several hundred people. Their deadliest attacks were the 1983 Beirut barracks...
, active mostly in Lebanon
- Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine was a Lebanese radical Shia group that claimed credit for the January 24 1987 abduction of three American and one Indian professors - Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Pohill, Mithal Eshwar Singh - from Beirut University College in West Beirut: ...
, group with Lebanese personnel
See also:
- Islamic jihad, theological concept of jihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād is a noun meaning "struggle." Jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an and common usage as the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of Allah "...