The word Jihadi is the anglicized Arabic word Mujahid or مجاهد which means he who fights jihad or holy war

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 11, 2018 at 07:22

Dr Pipes

Muslims apologists, at times, have no shame. And the meaning of the word مجاهد or Mujahid is a case in point.

Simple google search and you will find the meaning not just in classical Arabic but also in Modern Classical Arabic and check this:

والمجاهد: المحارب في سبيل الله، مَنْ يبذل الروح والنفيس لمحاربة الأعداء، ولاسيما الكفار.

This can be rendered as: al-Mujahid (Anglicized as Jihadi): The fighter in the cause/path of Allah. He who spends his soul and oneself in fighting the enemies especially infidels

It is as clear as it can get

Here is the link

https://www.almaany.com/ar/name/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF/

And here is a link to islamweb and the meaning of the word al-Jihad and its derivatives in the Qur'an with a link to the classical Arabic dictionary: Lisan al-Arab

http://articles.islamweb.net/media/index.php?page=article&lang=A&id=174157

And the primary meaning of Jihad is جهاد الكفار في ساحات القتال Or Jihad of the infidels in places of fighting

Notice that al-Qurtubi defined the infidels as the pagans, the Jews, the Christians, the Greeks and the Persians

Notice that islamweb provides two other meanings that can be refuted with ease

And here is from the Qur'an 61:11

وَتُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ

Or And you perform Jihad (he who performs Jihad is a Mujahid) in the cause of Allah with their money and themselves

And here is Tafsir al-Tabari

http://library.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?flag=1&bk_no=50&surano=61&ayano=10

Nothing about a bogus inner struggle!

BTW: I came across these tweets at Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch

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