In his 1999 speech to the ISNA national convention, Khan calls for resistance to imagined “Islamophobia” with “all the determination, all the resources, all the unyielding vigilance of the believing mujahid.”
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- The Free Dictionary defines a “mujahid” as “Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad.”
- Wiktionary identifies the etymology of “mujahid” to be derived as: “one who wages holy war as a religious duty.”
The plural form of “mujahid” is “mujahideen.”
- Encyclopedia Britannica defines “mujahideen” as “those engaged in jihad… In its broadest sense, those Muslims who proclaim themselves warriors for the faith.”
- The State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations includes “Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)” and “Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK).”