mujahedin

Noun

Meaning

a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mujahedeen mujahadeen mujahideen mujahidin mujahadein mujahadin mujahid jihadist jihadi mujaheddin Jihadists muhajirin

Hypernyms

force military force military unit military group

Hyponyms

Mujahedeen Khalq

Examples

some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists Source: Internet

ABU HAMZA al-Masri, the militant imam of Finsbury Park Mosque in North London, once told a young Briton: "After Afghanistan, Yemen is the most suitable country for training mujahedin." Source: Internet

His official biography says he stayed on as an officer during the mujahedin government, has a discrete gap for the five years of Taleban rule, and then says he had a minor position in the ministry in 2002. Source: Internet

Moqbel was appointed chief of police of Parwan province in 1994 during the mujahedin government of Burhanuddin Rabbani. Source: Internet

Kuchi, a former senior mujahedin and Taleban commander, was detained in Guantanamo, but ‘reconciled’ on his release in 2004 and is now a member of the High Peace Council, although not a particularly active one. Source: Internet

This is underpinned by a so-called ‘amnesty law’ for war crimes and mass human rights violations jointly passed by parliament in 2010 by former mujahedin, communist and even Taleban politicians. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mujahedeen Mujahedeen Khalq Mujahedeen Kompak mujahid mujahida mujahideen