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Definition of Mujahedeen

1. Noun. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad. "Some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists"

Definition of Mujahedeen

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of mujahideen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mujahedeen

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Literary usage of Mujahedeen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"438 On April 29, 1999, the second conference of the pro-government General Sudanese Union called on its branches nationwide to send mujahedeen to the ..."

2. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"... military training in his area, despite pressure from former mujahedeen in the area, with whom he maintained a precarious cooperation until January 1994. ..."

3. Nuclear Coexistence: Rethinking U. S. Policy to Promote Stability in an Era by William C. Martel, William T. Pendley (1998)
"In 1992, according to the People's mujahedeen of Iran, the largest anti-government opposition movement, Russia agreed to sell two 440-megawatt nuclear ..."

4. Behind the Red Line: Political Repression in Sudan by Jemera Rone, Brian Owsley, Human Rights Watch/Africa (1996)
"Most of the children are now in Wau under the control of those mujahedeen who captured them. Some of them were left at Gette, 25 miles northwest of Wau town ..."

5. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"438 On April 29, 1999, the second conference of the pro-government General Sudanese Union called on its branches nationwide to send mujahedeen to the ..."

6. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"... military training in his area, despite pressure from former mujahedeen in the area, with whom he maintained a precarious cooperation until January 1994. ..."

7. The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenge to Western Security by Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann (1981)
"The mujahedeen e-Khalq (the people's crusaders) were well placed in the universities. The most radical group were the Fedayeen e-Khalq (sacrificers for the ..."

8. Nuclear Coexistence: Rethinking U. S. Policy to Promote Stability in an Era by William C. Martel, William T. Pendley (1998)
"In 1992, according to the People's mujahedeen of Iran, the largest anti-government opposition movement, Russia agreed to sell two 440-megawatt nuclear ..."

9. Report of the National Commission on Terrorism: Congressional Hearing edited by Richard C. Shelby (2002)
"... or the support organization, which is the organization that he headed for the Afghan mujahedeen, is heavily run by his lieutenants, and he has several, ..."

10. The World and Yugoslavia's Wars by Richard Henry Ullman (1996)
"The bulk of the Islamic volunteer forces was composed of some 3000 to 4000 mujahedeen, veterans of the war in Afghanistan, who became a source of concern ..."

11. Behind the Red Line: Political Repression in Sudan by Jemera Rone, Brian Owsley, Human Rights Watch/Africa (1996)
"Most of the children are now in Wau under the control of those mujahedeen who captured them. Some of them were left at Gette, 25 miles northwest of Wau town ..."

12. The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenge to Western Security by Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann (1981)
"The mujahedeen e-Khalq (the people's crusaders) were well placed in the universities. The most radical group were the Fedayeen e-Khalq (sacrificers for the ..."

13. Report of the National Commission on Terrorism: Congressional Hearing edited by Richard C. Shelby (2002)
"... or the support organization, which is the organization that he headed for the Afghan mujahedeen, is heavily run by his lieutenants, and he has several, ..."

14. The World and Yugoslavia's Wars by Richard Henry Ullman (1996)
"The bulk of the Islamic volunteer forces was composed of some 3000 to 4000 mujahedeen, veterans of the war in Afghanistan, who became a source of concern ..."

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