Jihadism facts for kids
"Jihadism" (also "jihadist movement", "jihadi movement" and variants) is a 21st-century neologism found in Western languages to describe Islamist movements seen by the military to be "rooted in Islam" and a threat to the West.
The term "jihadism" first appeared in South Asian media; Western journalists adopted it in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks of 2001.
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Afghan mujahideen praying in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan (1987)
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Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri of al-Qaeda have promoted the overthrow of secular governments.
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ISIL's territory in Iraq and Syria (in grey), at the time of its greatest territorial extent in May 2015.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with Afghan mujahideen leaders in the Oval Office in 1983
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In Spanish: Yihadismo para niños