jihad

Summary

jihad ranks in the top 0.61% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,565 views/month, #473 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• jihad is a type of religious activity^[2].
• jihad's Commons category is recorded as Jihad^[3].
• jihad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jihad^[4].
• jihad's facet of is recorded as Islam^[5].
• jihad's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6].
• jihad's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• jihad's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• jihad's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[9].
• jihad's different from is recorded as ijtihad^[10].

Body

Definition and Type

jihad is a type of religious activity^[2].

Influence

Things named for jihad include Al-Qaeda^[11], a terrorist organization^[12], founded in 1988^[13] and Battle of Grozny^[14], a siege^[15].

Why It Matters

jihad ranks in the top 0.61% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,565 views/month, #473 of 77,819).^[1] jihad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] jihad is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]

Entities named for jihad include Al-Qaeda^[11], a terrorist organization^[12], founded in 1988^[13] and Battle of Grozny^[14], a siege^[15].