Mujahideen

Mujahideen ({{lang-ar|مجاهدين}}, also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc.) is a plural form of mujahid ({{lang|ar|مجاهد}}), which literally means "struggler", someone who engages in jihad, or "struggle", but is often translated as "holy warrior". In the late twentieth century, the term "mujahideen" became popular in the media to describe various armed fighters who subscribe to Islamist ideologies, although there is not always an explicit "holy" or "warrior" meaning within the word.

References

• {{loc}} - Afghanistan
• Olivier Roy, Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan