Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JIHAD
jihad, jehad
(noun) a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jihad (countable and uncountable, plural jihads)
(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
(historical) The Muslim response to the Crusade in the 12th century.
An aggressive campaign for an idea.
(Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.
Verb
jihad (third-person singular simple present jihads, present participle jihading, simple past and past participle jihaded)
To participate in a jihad.
Anagrams
• Djahi, hadji
Source: Wiktionary
Ji*had", Je*had", n. [Ar. jihad.] (Moham.)
Definition: A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it. James Bryce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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