AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

jihad News

jihad News From AOL News

Big Bomb Found Near Indonesia Church; 19 Arrested

Apr 21st 2011 – 8:57AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Senior security minister Djoko Suyanto said he believed Islamic militants had been plotting an attack outside of the capital during Good Friday celebrations. "The army and police are under high alert," he told reporters after attending a meeting chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "We want...

Libya Rebels Raise Concern About Islamic Extremism

Apr 19th 2011 – 5:32AM

AJDABIYA, Libya - Abdel-Moneim Mokhtar was ambushed and killed by Moammar Gadhafi's troops last week on a dusty road in eastern Libya - the end of a journey that saw him fight as a jihadi in Afghanistan and then return home where he died alongside NATO-backed rebels trying to oust the longtime authoritarian leader. In...

Captured Teen Bomber in Pakistan Vows Attacks

Apr 4th 2011 – 10:26AM
Saleem Raza, AP

Saleem Raza, AP

MULTAN, Pakistan -- His accomplices brought carnage to a Sufi shrine, but the 14-year-old suicide bomber who was captured after his explosives failed to detonate was unrepentant. "Let me go, I want to be a martyr," he said as he was being led away, according to police officer Khalid Mahmood. "I want to send all you...

Opinion: Will Egyptians Ever Like Us?

By J.D. GordonFeb 3rd 2011 – 5:00AM
Getty Images

Getty Images

Except for Hosni Mubarak and his throng of increasingly violent supporters in Cairo, it seems just about everyone's cheering the uprising in Egypt. But while the events in Egypt may ultimately be good for Egyptians, they seriously complicate our relations with the country. After all, the more representative Egypt's...

US Goes After Pakistani Who Recruits Child Suicide Bombers

By Joseph SchumanJan 20th 2011 – 2:09PM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

Reports of Qari Hussain's death were apparently premature. The senior lieutenant of the Pakistani Taliban reportedly had been killed in October but was formally designated as a foreign terrorist today by the Obama administration. The administration moved to block all financing for Hussain and accused him of training and...

jihad News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Ayman al-Zawahri Videos, 'Days With The Imam', Recall Bin Laden's 'Generosity'

Jun 03rd 2012 - 01:13PM

Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in the second of his "Days with the Imam" series of videos, said that bin Laden would however pay readily for hospitality for his guests – although he lived mostly on bread and vegetables, he once invested in an entire herd of sheep to slaughter in case visitors came by.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Times Square Bomb Plot Suspects Acquitted By Pakistan Court

Jun 02nd 2012 - 11:02AM

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court freed on Saturday four men accused of involvement in the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, said a lawyer and family members of the men.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Sakhr al-Taifi, Senior Al Qaeda Leader In Afghanistan, Killed In NATO Airstrike

May 29th 2012 - 09:08AM

The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said Tuesday.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Pakistan: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 In North Waziristan

May 24th 2012 - 03:00AM

A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Pakistan Gunmen Open Fire At Political Rally In Karachi

May 22nd 2012 - 11:35AM

Gunmen opened fire on a political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and sparking rioting, police said.

jihad News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 Suicide car bomber kills 15 in Nigeria Source: Shanghai Daily A SUICIDE bomber who tried to drive an explosives-packed car into a church in northern Nigeria yesterday killed at least 15 people, including himself, and injured 40, officials said.
  • 06/03/12 Egypt candidate attacks Islamist rival Source: Houma Today - Houma LA Mohammed Morsi of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood tried to cash in Sunday on the unpopularity of a court verdict a day earlier that sentenced Mubarak to life but acquitted him and his two sons of corruption.
  • 06/03/12 Ayman al-Zawahri Videos, 'Days With The Imam', Recall... Source: The Huffington Post Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in the second of his "Days with the Imam" series of videos, said that bin Laden would however pay readily for hospitality for his guests – although he lived mostly on bread and vegetables, he once invested in an entire herd of sheep to slaughter in case visitors came by.
  • 06/03/12 Pakistan: U.S. drones continue attacks Source: CBS - WHP 21 - Harrisburg PA An American drone strike in the frontier tribal areas of Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants Sunday, Pakistani officials said.
  • 06/03/12 Bin Laden spent his fortune on jihad: Zawahiri Source: Dawn Ayman al-Zawahiri said the Osama bin Laden was was "very stingy in spending on anything other than jihad."–

Background on jihad

Jihad (; ' ), an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle".

more at wikipedia »