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cyberjihad

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + jihad.

  1. borrowed from جِهَاد
  2. prefixed as cyberjihad — “cyber + jihad”

Definitions

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

    • 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.
    • 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.

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