Islamic Propagation Organization publishes a guide to Quaran tribute, philosophy, war, and defense. Download complete text in .doc or .zip formats.

Discusses the concept of Jihad, or Holy War. Draws on passages from the Quran.

Defines the term jihad from the perspective of the Lahore Ahmadiyya movement.

Learn about the two interpretations of this concept introduced in the Koran, one a personal struggle against vice, the other an Islamic holy war.

Encyclopedia entry introduces the Islamic spiritual struggle against evil. Outlines the scriptural origins and the attitudes of various sects.

Light of Islam presents an article by Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari introducing the contentious concept of the Islamic holy war.

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Humaid explains jihad of the heart, hand and tongue as interpreted from the Holy Qur'an and Sunna.

Offers a brief definition of this Islamic term for holy war.

Essay by Seyyed Hossein Nasr separates the juridical, political and spiritual meanings of the term "jihad."

Douglas E. Streusand examines the many meanings of the term jihad from Western and Muslim perspectives.