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v. t. e. Mujahideen, or Mujahidin (Arabic: مُجَاهِدِين, romanized: mujāhidīn), is the plural form of mujahid (Arabic: مُجَاهِد, romanized: mujāhid, lit. 'strugglers or strivers, doers of jihād'), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad (lit. 'struggle or striving [for justice, right conduct, Godly ...
t. e. The Afghan mujahideen (Pashto: افغان مجاهدين; Dari: مجاهدین افغان) were Islamist resistance groups that fought against the Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War. The term mujahid (from Arabic: مجاهدين) is used in a religious ...
Further information: Enver Hadžihasanović, Amir Kubura, and Rasim Delić. Volunteer fighters often colloquially called "Bosnian mujahideen" were primarily from Afghanistan and Arab countries, though Muslim volunteers arrived from all around the world, including Asia, North Africa and Europe. [4] Estimated numbers varied wildly, depending on ...
Bosnian mujahideen. Bosnian mujahideen (Bosnian: Bosanski mudžahedini), also called El Mudžahid (Arabic: مجاهد, mujāhid), were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosnian Muslim side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. They first arrived in central Bosnia in the latter half of 1992 with the aim of helping their Bosnian Muslim co ...
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) (Persian: سازمان مجاهدین خلق ایران, romanized: Sâzmân-ye Mojâhedin-ye Khalğ-ye Irân), [c] is an Iranian dissident organization that was previously armed but has now transitioned primarily ...
Afghan Arabs (also known as Arab-Afghans; Arabic: أفغان عرب, romanized: Afghān ʻArab) are Arab and other Muslim Islamist mujahideen who came to Afghanistan during and following the Soviet–Afghan War to aid the war efforts of native Muslims in the DRA. [1] Despite being called "Afghan" they were not from Afghanistan nor legally ...
v. t. e. A government-in-exile (GiE) is a political group that claims to be the legitimate government of a sovereign state or semi-sovereign state, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. [1] Governments in exile usually plan to one day return to their native country and regain formal power.
Designated as a terrorist group by. India. European Union. Canada. United States. Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (Arabic: حزب المجاھدین, transl. 'Party of Holy Fighters'), [15] is a Pakistan -affiliated Islamist militant organisation that has been engaged in the Kashmir insurgency since 1989.