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mujahedin Definition


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mujaheddin
mujahedin
mujahadeen
plural noun
    1. In Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan: Muslim fundamentalist guerillas who united to wage a jihad to defeat the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan after the 1979 invasion.
      Form: the Mujaheddin (usually)
Etymology: 1950s: from Arabic mujahidin fighters of a jihad.



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