Editing Jihad (section)

===Shia===
In [[Shia Islam]], ''jihad'' is one of the ten [[Practices of the Religion]]<ref name="practices">{{cite web |title=Part 2: Islamic Practices |url=http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907022817/http://www.al-islam.org/invitation-to-islam-moustafa-al-qazwini/part-2-islamic-practices |archive-date=7 September 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014 |publisher=al-Islam.org}}</ref> (though not one of the five pillars). Traditionally, [[Twelver]] Shi'a doctrine differed from that of [[Sunni Islam]] on the concept of ''jihad'', with ''jihad'' seen as a "lesser priority" in Shia theology and "armed activism" by Shias "limited to a person's immediate geography".<ref name="nationalae">{{cite news|last1=Hassan|first1=Hassan |title=The rise of Shia ''jihad''ism in Syria will fuel sectarian fires |url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/the-rise-of-shia-jihadism-in-syria-will-fuel-sectarian-fires |access-date=27 August 2014|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|issue=5 June 2013}}</ref>

Because of their history of oppression, Shias also associated ''jihad'' with certain passionate features, notably in the remembrance of [[Ashura]]. [[Mahmoud M. Ayoub]] says:

<blockquote>In Islamic tradition ''jihad'' or the struggle in the way of God, whether as armed struggle, or any form of opposition of the wrong, is generally regarded as one of the essential requirements of a person's faith as a Muslim. Shi'î tradition carried this requirement a step further, making ''jihad'' one of the pillars or foundations (arkan) of religion. If, therefore, [[Husayn ibn Ali|Husayn]]'s struggle against the Umayyad regime must be regarded as an act of ''jihad'', then, In the mind of devotees, the participation of the community in his suffering and its ascent to the truth of his message must also be regarded as an extension of the holy struggle of the Imam himself. The ''hadith'' from which we took the title of this chapter stated this point very clearly. [[Ja'far al-Sadiq]] is said to have declared to [[al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi|al-Mufaddal]], one of his closest disciples, 'The sigh of the sorrowful for the wrong done us is an act of praise ([[tasbih]]) [of God], his sorrow for us is an act of worship, and his keeping of our secret is a struggle (''jihad'') in the way of God'; the Imâm then added, 'This [[hadith]] should be inscribed in letters of gold'.<ref name=WDG>{{Cite book |last=Ayoub |first=Mahmoud M. |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=rpaPWv5Iyd8C}}|title=Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism |date=2011-07-26 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-080331-0 |language=en|authorlink=Walter de Gruyter}}</ref>{{rp|142}}</blockquote>

and

<blockquote>Hence, the concept of ''jihad'' (holy struggle) gained a deeper and more personal meaning. Whether through weeping, the composition and recitation of poetry, showing compassion and doing good to the poor or carrying arms, the Shi'i Muslim saw himself helping the Imam in his struggle against the wrong ([[zulm]]) and gaining for himself the same merit ([[thawab]]) of those who actually fought and died for him. The [[ta'ziyah]], in its broader sense the sharing of the entire life of the suffering family of Muhammad, has become for the Shi'i community the true meaning of compassion.<ref name=WDG/>{{rp|148}}</blockquote>

In the [[Syrian civil war]], Shia and Sunni fighters waged ''jihad'' against each other.<ref name=RF17/> In Yemen, the [[Houthi]] Movement used appeals to ''jihad'' as part of their ideology as well as their recruitment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedefensepost.com/2019/06/20/yemen-houti-child-soldiers-noammar-al-eryani/|title=Houthis recruit 50,000 Yemen child soldiers in 3 months, minister says|date=20 June 2019|website=The Defense Post}}</ref>