Jihadism.
Belief in one's internal struggle against one's own evil inclinations
Manchester synagogue attacker's associate plans MoD terror attack, court hears
Mohammad Bashir, described as a long-standing jihadist, helped drive Jihad Al-Shamie on a reconnaissance trip to the UK Defence Academy before Al-Shamie carried out a fatal knife and vehicle attack at the Heaton Park synagogue on October 2, 2025. Bashir has pleaded guilty to planning terrorist acts and prosecutors say the pair exchanged messages showing a shared extremist worldview, with investigations highlighting their coordinated, cross-cutting plots that spanned the defence base and the synagogue attack.
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About Jihadism
Jihadism is the ideology of modern, armed militant Islamic movements that seek to establish states based on Islamic principles. In a narrower sense, it refers to the belief that armed confrontation is an efficient and theologically legitimate method of sociopolitical change towards an Islamic system of governance. The term "jihadism" has been applied to various Islamic extremist and/or Islamist individuals and organizations with militant ideologies based on the classical Islamic notion of lesser jihad.
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