jihadis

It is these criminals that today we call jihadis to distinguish them from the honorable mujahideen.

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

EEDLE: I think he carries enormous moral authority with the people we call jihadis, those who believe in his view of America as leading a war against Muslims.

CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2004 2004

The tribal leader revealed that everyone in the village knew that "jihadis" - extremist Islamic fighters - were operating in the area.

PrairiePundit 2008

Rhetoric comparing red staters to jihadis is overblown, but I think it’s instructive to note a good passage from Olivier Roy’s Globalized Islam (an excellent book, incidentally; I find myself underlining long passages on each page):

Blue Rage 2004

Well, hell, al Qaeda jihadis were able to establish themselves in the heart of Baathist Iraq during the US occupation.

Matthew Yglesias » Taliban on the Run 2010

I understand the jihadis are all for it - great for target practice!

Desertec Advances: Massive Solar Power Project No Longer a Mirage? 2009

Leading the jihadis was the radical outfit Akramiya led by the demagogue Akram Yuldashev.

Base Instincts: Kyrgyzstan Drops Out of the Great Game 2009

The message such a precipitous withdrawal would send to the jihadis is the same message Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sent when he rapidly withdrew forces from the coalition in Iraq after the election in March 2004: If you hang on long enough, you can scare the West away.

Nathan Gardels: Global Reactions to Obama Victory from Moscow to Beijing to Muslim World 2008

The suggestion that if the British state calls jihadis ‘criminals’ they will feel less glorious about what they are doing is inane.

Slouching towards dhimmocracy* 2008

The suggestion that if the British state calls jihadis ‘criminals’ they will feel less glorious about what they are doing is inane.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008