Mujahideen
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Mujahideen or mujahidin ('one who wages jihad'), an Arabic term that broadly refers to Islamic guerrillas who engage in jihad), the fight on behalf of Islam/Allah or the Islamic community (ummah). The English term jihadists grammatically corresponds to it.
The widespread use of the word in English began with reference to the guerrilla-type militant groups led by the Islamist Afghan fighters in the Soviet–Afghan War (see Afghan mujahideen). The term now extends to other jihadist groups in various countries such as Myanmar (Burma), Cyprus, and the Philippines.
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