Jihadism

Al-Shabaab jihadist militants in 2013

"Jihadism" (also "jihadist movement", "jihadi movement" and variants) is a 21st-century neologism found in Western languages to describe Islamist militant movements seen by the military to be "rooted in Islam" and a threat to the West.

The term "jihadism" first appeared in South Asian media; Western journalists adopted it in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks of 2001.

Jihadism Media

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  Jihadist variation of the Black Standard as used by various Islamist organizations since the late 1990s, which consists of the Shahada in white script centered on a black background

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  Territorial presence of jihadist groups and overview of the situation in each region

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  Afghan mujahideen praying in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan (1987)

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  Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri of al-Qaeda promoted the overthrow of secular governments.

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  Jihadist variation of the Black Standard as used by Caucasian jihadists in 2002 displays the phrase al-jihād fī sabīlillāh above the takbīr and two crossed swords

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  Egyptian Muslim scholar Sayyid Qutb through his prison-writings constituted the ideological basis of the Salafi-jihadist movement.

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  Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, former leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is widely regarded as one of the influential Salafi jihadists.

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  Mohamed Fizazi, ideologist of Salafia Jihadia

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  Jihadist variation of the Black Standard as used by al-Qaeda and its factions since the late 1980s, which consists of the Shahada in white script centered on a black background

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  Sami-ul Haq, Deobandi scholar and ideologist of the Taliban