cyberjihad

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noun

Jihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nouncyberjihad (countable and uncountable, plural cyberjihads)

plural cyberjihads

  1. countableuncountableJihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet.

    It should be noted that cyberjihad is rarely a product of the Islamic diaspora: it is more often led by the initiative of activist groups within the Muslim countries.

    2004, Jocelyne Cesari, When Islam and Democracy Meet, page 114
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    Palestinian hackers who support the al-Aqsa Intifadah have been waging a cyberjihad against Israeli government and commercial targets, defacing web sites and conducting DOS attacks.

    2001, United States Dept. Of Defense Office Of The Secre, John Arquilla, David F. Ronfeldt, Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, page 48

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